How to Use should in a Sentence
should
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Your car’s center of mass should be just in front of the rear axle.
—Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, 12 Jan. 2023
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Your hole should be at least two or three times as wide as the width of the root ball.
—Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com, 28 Aug. 2021
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Smith was asked whether all of those first-round games should be at neutral sites.
—Nathan Baird, cleveland, 17 Feb. 2022
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The first step in your plan should be an audit of your assets.
—Tom Cooney and Crystal Faulkner, The Enquirer, 18 June 2021
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Some people think that there should be magic users in the game.
—Pearse Anderson, Wired, 27 Feb. 2022
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Stud finders should stick to the screws or nails in the wood framing.
—Laura Daily, Washington Post, 24 May 2022
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None of us should have to wait or meet near catastrophe to be healthy.
—Andy Dunn As Told To Marty Munson, Men's Health, 10 May 2022
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The wind chill at the time of the high should be close to 30 degrees.
—Hartford Courant, 19 Nov. 2022
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As Michael Irvin put it, this shouldn’t be about left wing or right wing.
—BostonGlobe.com, 24 July 2021
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Williams said those hires should be completed before the end of the year.
—Mike Nolan, chicagotribune.com, 27 Oct. 2021
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But the good news is the weekend should be clear, Pampreen said,.
—Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 26 Aug. 2020
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Highs should be pretty close to the mid-80s with lows near 70.
—Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2020
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This, the authors argue, should be the norm in our elections.
—Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2022
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The vaccine should be able to recognize pieces of the virus that have not changed.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2020
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Guests at the cozy 14-seat space should bring their own alcohol.
—Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Jan. 2023
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And spring is coming, when warmer weather should reduce the spread of the virus.
—David Abel, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Feb. 2021
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By the same token, Smith's struggles so far shouldn't be cause for alarm.
—Rahat Huq, Chron, 11 July 2022
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Go ahead and use your hands to tear the vegetables; the edges should look jagged and rustic.
—Kitty Greenwald, WSJ, 3 Aug. 2021
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The anthem should be no longer than 1 minute and 30 seconds in length.
—Elaine Rewolinski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 Dec. 2021
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The only delay to the morning commute should be to get the frost off the car!
—Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com, 24 Jan. 2022
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At the end of the cooking time, the consistency should be thick and heavy.
—San Antonio Express-News, 2 Feb. 2021
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In a season of firsts for him, McVay should be able to avoid that one.
—Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2022
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The latest one, which should have ended last May, was the driest on record.
—WIRED, 9 Sep. 2022
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This seems like an album that should come with its own set of FAQs, though.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 26 Aug. 2021
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The rain should be exiting by evening, with Tuesday night lows in the 70s.
—Brian Jackson, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2020
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The faster the processor and the more RAM, the better the phone should be.
—Chris Smith, BGR, 3 Oct. 2021
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Now comes the Owls' first road trip — fingers crossed — against a Top 25 team that should be quite the challenge.
—Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 24 Oct. 2020
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Russell Schultz sent video of the episode to CNN, saying the puncher should go to jail.
—CNN, 25 Nov. 2020
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