How to Use have got in a Sentence
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The hostages have got to come home.
—Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2025
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And you guys have gotta get over it.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2026
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These Nuggets have got their ducks in a row.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 14 Apr. 2026
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And men have got plenty of them.
—Jesse Dorris, Pitchfork, 25 Mar. 2026
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Other guys have got to make some shots.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2025
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Our hands and our minds have got to be engaged.
—Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026
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That may be why tech players have got their sights trained on him.
—Julia Black, Vanity Fair, 24 Mar. 2026
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Some guys have got to figure out how to chase out of the zone less.
—Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 27 Mar. 2023
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There's people who have got eight of nine pillows.
—Melody Chiu, PEOPLE, 14 Jan. 2026
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Your current thoughts, words and actions have got you here.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
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So these guys have got to figure out a way to be efficient.
—Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 10 Jan. 2026
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All of those little things have got to happen in the dressing room.
—Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 28 June 2026
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These guys [at Paramount] have got to make money too.
—Chris Lee, Vulture, 27 Jan. 2026
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All these girls doing comedy have got pretty legs and short skirts.
—Frank Digiacomo, Billboard, 3 Nov. 2025
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Others could justifiably have got the hook, too.
—Paul Taylor, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2026
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Both sides started this tournament slowly but have got better.
—Matt Slater, New York Times, 28 June 2026
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The Nags have got a summer sale on, in advance of Labor Day.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 29 Aug. 2025
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If the wind had been blowing a slightly different direction, we might have got hit.
—Julie Mazziotta, Peoplemag, 7 Apr. 2023
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Arsenal have got the job done so far in the Champions League.
—Will Jeanes, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026
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Look, this is the reality of this conflict, is that people in Gaza have got nowhere to go.
—ABC News, 19 Nov. 2023
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But in order to achieve that, Republicans have got to work with Democrats.
—Pablo Manríquez, The New Republic, 18 Oct. 2023
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Other locals have got in touch via email or social media since Robertson’s death.
—Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026
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The guy who offered free pizza and Barcelona tattoos for people who supported him would have got my vote.
—Tim Spiers, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2026
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Bacon, Krasinski, Tucker, those guys have got my back.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 8 Jan. 2026
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People in my line of work have got to be very humble about our predictive capabilities.
—CBS News, 7 Dec. 2022
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People who’ve been staring at screens through the pandemic and have got a bit scatty are unlikely to pass our threshold.
—Nancy Doyle, Forbes, 6 Feb. 2023
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Democrats, particularly those who want to be president one day, have got to come up with an answer for what to do about this problem.
—Amanda Castro hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
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So, the communities themselves have got to take some ownership and cool down this violence.
—Heather Gann | [email protected], al, 20 Jan. 2023
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And Democrats and Republicans have got to come together to make sure that doesn't happen.
—CBS News, 26 Nov. 2023
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Harry Styles and Nick Kroll have got to be one of the best bromances to come out of 2022.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 13 Dec. 2022
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