Use "shan't" in a sentence
shan't example sentences
shan't
1. Aloud the Elf replied, “It would seem that I shan't be worried about counting birthdays any longer, for one thing
2. "And I shan't have a thing to take home to him; nor Mary's violets, either
3. She shan't be pinched!" He dealt Peascod a blow with his tiny hand as
4. 'You shan't be beheaded!' said Alice, and she put them into a large flower-pot that stood near
5. 'Well, I shan't go, at any rate,' said Alice: 'besides, that's not a regular rule: you invented it just now
6. I shan't take it upon me to predict whether it will be a match or not
7. I shan't do it, of course"--Anne had noted a glint of alarm in Susan's eye--"it would be too unconventional, and we must be conventional or die, after we reach what is supposed to be a dignified age
8. We shan't leave you to roost on that hill-top like a lonely crow--don't you worry
9. "They've made sure we shan't do that! And you know we haven't any idea where the second entrance is
10. “I shan't hear any of that
11. I shan't be here for the lesson to-morrow, thanking the Lord
12. "I shan't be delighted at all--that is," she said, taking his arm again, which he had withdrawn, "unless you are
13. 'I shan't wish, though
14. We are leaving for the hunting grounds today; I shan't be spending the night in Holman, which makes up a little of my lost time
15. I have three more boxes of ammunition sitting in Anchorage, but I shan't be back there for a while
16. If I see a desirable Alaskan brown bear in Unit 18 I shan't care if it runs over the boundary into Unit 19, where it will be called a grizzly, and I shoot it there
17. We shan't be needing it again; we will weigh anchor today, and return to Valdez
18. For the time being, I'm not going to Australia; I shan't be going to Africa for a while, and for the next couple of years mountain game in Asia has nothing to fear from me
19. One of my patients, whom I shan't forget, was an 83-year old lady, who was wheeled into my
20. And I expect I shan't sleep all night
21. so we shall meet again, shan't we?"
22. But I shan't go
23. Come, I thought--even if I let one thing slip for a time, I shall get hold of something else--I shan't lose what I want, anyway
24. " "This sort of thing" being that uneasy, painful feeling, something like selfishness--one wishes almost that the thing would stop--it is getting more and more beyond what is possible-- "If it goes on much longer I shan't be able to cope with it--but if some one else were seeing it at the same time--Bonamy is stuffed in his room in Lincoln's Inn--oh, I say, damn it all, I say,"--the sight of Hymettus, Pentelicus, Lycabettus on one side, and the sea on the other, as one stands in the Parthenon at sunset, the sky pink feathered, the plain all colours, the marble tawny in one's eyes, is thus oppressive
25. "If she goes I shan't, and if I don't, Laurie won't like it, and it will be very rude, after he invited only us, to go and drag in Amy
26. You shan't stir a step, so you may just stay where you are," scolded Jo, crosser than ever, having just pricked her finger in her hurry
27. Won't it be fun to see them in print, and shan't we feel proud of our authoress?"
28. "Don't be frightened, I guess I shan't have it badly
29. Shan't I call Mother?" said Meg, much troubled
30. "I suppose he'll laugh and joke over it with Laurie, but I shan't see them, that's a comfort," thought Amy, as Tudor bowed and departed
31. We're both as hungry as hunters, so we shan't mind what it is
32. "That will do him good, and he'll come home in such a tender, penitent state of mind, that I shan't dare to see him
33. "You thoughtful creter, you're determined we shan't miss that dear lamb ef you can help it
34. In short, Sancho, either you must be whipped by yourself, or they must whip you, or you shan't be governor
35. "Why shan't I make thee sleep in gaol?" said Sancho
36. "Eh, dear! I shan't be long
37. What an ill-natured woman his mother is, an't she? And your brother and sister were not very kind! However, I shan't say anything against them to you; and to be sure they did send us home in their own chariot, which was more than I looked for
38. "I shan't come and meet you," he said
39. "No, I shan't bother," said Miriam
40. "But I shan't marry, mother
41. "Indeed, I shan't take it all," she said
42. "Shan't I? You can believe it, though
43. If you think a horrid thing about her, I shan't forgive you
44. That will be a novelty: but she may come to the point as she will---I shan't help her! No, she felt small trouble regarding any subject, save her own concerns
45. "And then we shall fight to the death, shan't we, Nelly?" she returned, laughing
46. It lies in your own power to be Edgar's brother! No, no, Isabella, you shan't run off," she continued, arresting, with feigned playfulness, the confounded girl, who had risen indignantly
47. Cheer up! you shan't be hurt! Your type is not a lamb, it's a suckling leveret
48. And if not, is he a devil? I shan't tell my reasons for making this enquiry; but, I beeseech you to explain, if you can, what I have married: that is, when you call to see me; and you must call, Ellen, very soon
49. Whatever he may pretend, he wishes to provoke Edgar to desperation: he says he has married me on purpose to obtain power over him; and he shan't obtain it---I'll die first! I just hope, I pray, that he may forget his diabolical prudence and kill me! The single pleasure I can imagine is to die or see him dead!"
50. We parted unreconciled, you remember, and I shan't forgive myself