How to Use shall in a Sentence

shall

verb
  • My eyes and nose shall run no more, and no more furballs on the floor.
    — Annie Lane, cleveland, 18 Sep. 2022
  • Whether that was a blessing or curse shall be left to those who did see it.
    — Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2021
  • And, as the old church folk would say, our living shall not be in vain.
    — Danté Stewart, CNN, 18 Feb. 2022
  • Jesus taught that His house shall be called a house of prayer.
    — Erin Sauder, Elgin Courier-News, 28 Apr. 2017
  • All shall be revealed once upon a time, in a land close to here.
    — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 1 Aug. 2022
  • The floor shall be solid and raised off the ground at least two inches.
    — Iris Katz, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 20 Feb. 2021
  • Then they shall be left to fall as they are inclined by their own Weight.
    — Yaa Gyasi, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2020
  • None may atone for my actions but me and only in me shall their stain live on.
    — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 25 Feb. 2022
  • The rules are simple — the queen who was dealt the worst hand shall be the one to lead the band.
    — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 24 May 2022
  • Fruit is the opposite of cake, and never the twain shall mix.
    — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 17 Nov. 2021
  • Nails shall be chewed to the quick at the Raphael Warnock watch party.
    — Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 8 Nov. 2022
  • Sports are sports and real life is real life and never the twain shall meet.
    — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 31 May 2022
  • Hold strong to your standards and your standards shall be met, Aries.
    — Meghan Ros, Glamour, 1 July 2021
  • For the sake of goodness and love, man shall grant death no dominion over his thoughts.
    — David Treuer, The New York Review of Books, 6 July 2020
  • Those who have faith that the Lord watches over them shall have the strength to overcome fear.
    — Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 2 May 2022
  • The letter shall be embroidered upon her linen in the days that are to come.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Oct. 2022
  • The accused shall not have standing to assert the rights of a victim.
    — Ben Tobin, The Courier-Journal, 12 Oct. 2020
  • So here are some of the ways in which Aishah shall continue to inspire.
    — Jenna Schnuer, Fortune, 14 July 2022
  • Always remember that this is just a moment in time, and this too shall pass.
    — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 4 Nov. 2020
  • Business is business, never shall the fans or hometown get in the way.
    — Teresa Velasco, San Antonio Express-News, 29 June 2021
  • The statute goes on to state the election board shall reject any filing that does not comply.
    — Carrie Napoleon, Chicago Tribune, 14 Sep. 2022
  • The second amendment says the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 15 Mar. 2022
  • And Don Johnson shall rise to the top like a fine mouse running in the cream.
    — Derek Lawrence, EW.com, 23 Aug. 2021
  • And there is a sadness in that because the two shall never meet — his desire and his talent.
    — Danielle Turchiano, Variety, 9 Sep. 2021
  • The text came from a fellow Globe columnist who shall remain nameless.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2021
  • And thus, in this year’s Bruins basketball bible, the last shall be loudest.
    — Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2021
  • The document that says Congress shall make no laws abridging the freedom of the press.
    — cleveland, 20 Aug. 2022
  • Nightmares made Freud see that wherever Eros goes, there, too, Thanatos shall be.
    — Time, 28 Dec. 2022
  • In the event that funding is not available, the cost of the testing shall be covered by the employee, according to the bill.
    — Jeannie Roberts, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2021

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