How to Use shall in a Sentence

shall

verb
  • 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
  • The right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
    Anchorage Daily News, 5 Aug. 2022
  • Nails shall be chewed to the quick at the Raphael Warnock watch party.
    Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 8 Nov. 2022
  • But Emery said that, like a virus, this, too, shall pass.
    Dallas News, 28 Oct. 2022
  • And Don Johnson shall rise to the top like a fine mouse running in the cream.
    Derek Lawrence, EW.com, 23 Aug. 2021
  • My eyes and nose shall run no more, and no more furballs on the floor.
    Annie Lane, cleveland, 18 Sep. 2022
  • Khrushchev is not aware that the gates of hell shall not prevail against us. . . .
    Peter J. Travers, National Review, 29 Mar. 2022
  • And, as the old church folk would say, our living shall not be in vain.
    Danté Stewart, CNN, 18 Feb. 2022
  • Fruit is the opposite of cake, and never the twain shall mix.
    Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 17 Nov. 2021
  • Whether that was a blessing or curse shall be left to those who did see it.
    Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2021
  • 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
  • All shall be revealed once upon a time, in a land close to here.
    Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 1 Aug. 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
  • So here are some of the ways in which Aishah shall continue to inspire.
    Jenna Schnuer, Fortune, 14 July 2022
  • Hold strong to your standards and your standards shall be met, Aries.
    Meghan Ros, Glamour, 1 July 2021
  • None may atone for my actions but me and only in me shall their stain live on.
    Jennifer Maas, Variety, 25 Feb. 2022
  • The letter shall be embroidered upon her linen in the days that are to come.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Oct. 2022
  • Sports are sports and real life is real life and never the twain shall meet.
    Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 31 May 2022
  • But this too shall pass as the industry starts to mature.
    Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 17 May 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
  • But for the moment, at least on Amazon’s site: Reviews … shall not … pass!
    James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Sep. 2022
  • Business is business, never shall the fans or hometown get in the way.
    Teresa Velasco, San Antonio Express-News, 29 June 2021
  • The document that says Congress shall make no laws abridging the freedom of the press.
    cleveland, 20 Aug. 2022
  • Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 2 May 2022
  • Good morning, Ask and you shall receive—complaints about IT, that is.
    Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2022
  • In the end we shall be forced to invent something that will be able to think faster than the AI, and that will keep it under control.
    Simon Rich, The New Yorker, 21 June 2022
  • And thus, in this year’s Bruins basketball bible, the last shall be loudest.
    Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 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
  • 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
  • And never shall the two be parted, even by bowel movements.
    Jenny Singer, Glamour, 2 Oct. 2021

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