So the king looked upon us and them, and laughed and said: Fair ladies, ye have got me by the nose, so needs must my body follow.
The next morning we deemed we needs must go see the images of those ladies, lest aught might have befell since thou wert there which might be of import to the Quest, but all was unchanged, and we came away while the day was yet young.
Yet in no wise will I fly, not even if I needs must perish, having preserved thee.
For I needs must die, and this evil comes upon me not to-morrow, nor on the third day of the month, but immediately shall I be numbered among those that are no more.
FN#51] concerning which there is no enquiry: and she cried the cry that needs must be cried.
Needs must there be a cause for this; but, an thou wilt hearken to me, I will make the truth of the case manifest to thee.
Needs must there be some reason for this:" so he went out after her and followed in her steps unseen of her.
Surveying the phial with rapture) The glass resounds, with gracious power possessed; It dims, grows clear; living it needs must be!
And if it now were, it were not too soon; Would that it were, seeing it needs must be, For 'twill aggrieve me more the more I age.
With all of these things has advantaged been The human creature; and if one be wanting, From his nobility he needs must fall.
I leave the gall, and go for the sweet fruits Promised to me by the veracious Leader; But to the centre first I needs must plunge.
Meet them firmly, and, if needs must, let us die like British soldiers for the honour of the old regiment!
Whenas a certain knight of the court of the lord heard these words he blamed Sir Robin much, whereas he was leaving his fair wife at such a point, and Sir Robin said that he needs must do it.
Sir," said he, "I shall come back right soon if God will; but this wayfaring I needs must perforce.
Forsooth, needs must I where fortune shall lead me; and she is contrary enough; for I have lost the thing in the world that most I ever loved: and she also hath lost me.
FN#5] But the youth said, "Needs must I travel to Baghdad, the abode of peace.
Quoth the Caliph, "It matters not: I needs must go to them.
By Allah, needs must I marry her to one of my chamberlains; and, if the thing get wind, I will declare that I divorced her before consummation and married her to my Chief Chamberlain.
Indeed, it is our patience that shall slay him, and he that doth evil, needs must it revert upon him.
Needs must a thief revert to his vile origin, and whoso reareth the young of the serpent shall get of them nought but biting.
Needs must I slay thee by the worst of deaths, for indeed thou hast committed a grave crime, and I will make thee a warning to the folk.
Needs must I put him to death and the slaying of him will not escape [me].
Nay, Were the great trumpet blowing doomsday dawn, I needs must rest.
Yet she loved one so much--I needs must say-- That never English monarch dying left England so little.
O my father," she answered, "needs must I go up to this King and be married to him.
Now when the Ifrit heard these words he answered, "No more of this talk, needs must I kill thee.
Quoth the other, "Needs must I kill thee;" whereupon the traveller dismounted from his horse and grovelled before him, beseeching the thief and bespeaking him fair.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "needs must" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
