SHOULD in a Sentence

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404 example sentences for SHOULD, such as:
1. You should apply in person / by letter.
2. You should allow for her poor eyesight.
3. We should add this clause to the contract.
4. You should be able to evaluate your own work.
5. If he were vanquished, I should be a free man.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of SHOULD
should
 v.  used to indicate obligation, duty, or correctness; used to indicate what is probable;
Classic Sentence: (202 in 14 pages)
1  If I should be engaged, I will at least make notes.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Letter 4
2  In that hour I should die and at once satisfy and extinguish his malice.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 20
3  If he were vanquished, I should be a free man.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 22
4  Deprived of this respite, I should have sunk under my hardships.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
5  I recollected my threat and resolved that it should be accomplished.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
6  It's better that the shock should all come at once.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
7  Such a mad act as that man did should make us all think.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
8  So learned a man as you speak of should have learned this too in his books.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In III. THE RECOGNITION
9  Hester would not set him free, lest he should look her sternly in the face.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XVII. THE PASTOR AND HIS PARISHIONER
10  He could hardly suppose I should neglect them.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 2
11  If I were you, whatever I did should be done at my own discretion entirely.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 2
12  I value not her censure any more than I should do her commendation.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 13
13  We accordingly rested on a seat until they should return.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
14  My dear," said he to his lady, "it is very provoking that we should be so few.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 20
15  If he had but my picture, he says he should be easy.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 22
Example Sentence: (202 in 14 pages)
1  We should add this clause to the contract.
2  You should add some synthetic fertilizer to the soil.
3  We should do our best to develop the adult education.
4  You should be able to evaluate your own work.
5  We should be able to sell the house at a profit.
6  The boat should be operational by this afternoon.
7  You should not discriminate against minorities.
8  At your age, you should have regular check-ups.
9  Wilde was emphatic that the event should go ahead.
10  You should allow for her poor eyesight.
11  People should decrease the amount of fat they eat.
12  You should apply in person / by letter.
13  You should apply immediately, in person or by letter.
14  Job seekers should apply at the personnel office.
15  You should slow down as you approach the junction.