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Example sentences for "why should"

  • Why should he be so ardent in desiring grave and verbose writers?

  • Why should Mr. McCabe be so eloquent about the danger arising from fantastic and paradoxical writers?

  • How completely it meant, 'why should my picture be drawn?

  • It is not a connexion to gratify; but if Mr. Churchill does not feel that, why should we?

  • I say, old boy, come to think of it, why should we?

  • Why, when he walks in his sleep, as he does almost every night, his eyes open and beholding nothing, why should he cry so pitifully on my mother's name?

  • You will not take me for your husband; why should I wonder?

  • I met, here at the Wells, a man - why should I tell you his name?

  • Why should I hint, and beat about the bush?

  • Why should I tell you what we know so well?

  • Why should I,' thought Nicholas, 'why should I throw difficulties in the way of this benevolent and high-minded design?

  • Besides,' she added, in a more gentle tone, 'why should WE be sorry if it is the case?

  • Our mothers are not angry with us--why should God be?

  • But as to everyone knowing which child belongs to which mother--why should she?

  • It was wholly to our advantage to be able to understand and speak with them, and as to refusing to teach them--why should we?

  • Why should I want to go back to all our noise and dirt, our vice and crime, our disease and degeneracy?

  • Why should I believe one of the sei-yo-jin?

  • Why should we stay here when we are not paid?

  • And then the fatal thought came to him--why should he restrain himself?

  • Now, why should he ask that, with sudden superciliousness?

  • She merely replied, and that evasively and hurriedly: Why should she?

  • If you do, why should you be surprised at her leaving you?

  • If that was the case, why should she be anxious to have her visit at Blackwater Park kept a secret from him?

  • Why should I prolong the hard trial of saying farewell by one unnecessary minute?

  • I do pilot him, to the inexpressible entertainment of the picnic; for I am (why should I deny it?

  • Money was undoubtedly to be made, or why should so many vessels cruise about the islands?

  • If Chrysostom's impatience and violent passion killed him, why should my modest behaviour and circumspection be blamed?

  • Why should I go looking for three feet on a cat, to please another man; and what is more, when looking for Dulcinea will be looking for Marica in Ravena, or the bachelor in Salamanca?

  • If I preserve my purity in the society of the trees, why should he who would have me preserve it among men, seek to rob me of it?

  • Why should I not consider you as you do me?

  • Everything else is different; why should we have dishes like city folk?

  • Why should I be the buffet of all the unkind fates kept in store for a girl my whole life, and then suddenly be offered home, beautiful gifts, and wonderful loving kindness by a stranger?

  • Why should he take so much trouble for her?

  • There never would be any way to make him realize; indeed, why should he?

  • Behold, my people have not broken the oath that I made unto you; therefore, why should ye break the oath which ye made unto my people?

  • Alma 29:7 7 Why should I desire that I were an angel, that I could speak unto all the ends of the earth?

  • Alma 29:6 6 Now, seeing that I know these things, why should I desire more than to perform the work to which I have been called?

  • Yea, why should I give way to temptations, that the evil one have place in my heart to destroy my peace and afflict my soul?

  • Why should I help a man to the means perhaps of winning all I have, unless I considered him my friend?

  • But knowing the scheme they had planned, why should he offer to assist it?

  • Why should a grandson and grandfather peg away at each other with mutual wiolence when all might be bliss and concord.

  • Why should they be, when we will win them back?

  • As this fact is so obvious, that faith alone gives, brings, and takes a hold of this life and righteousness--why should we not say so?

  • Why should I talk about translating so much?

  • Lady, why should this be shame, just because I haven't got his name.

  • Why should I leave you, To wound myself upon the sharp edges of the night?

  • Would marriage strike you blind, or, hating bonds as you do, why should I be denied the rights of loving if I leave you free?


    • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "why should" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    after other; besides being; gradual emancipation; honorary consulate; liquid measure; near the; numerous army; precious blood; prickly pear; public enemies; small holdings; special commission; twelve miles; two minutes; when brought; while working; whose life; why did; why didn; why don; why not; why should; why shouldn; why the; why you; wing candidates