mustn't
AmericanUsage
See contraction.
Example Sentences
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“You mustn’t bother me. I know that you have not come to talk about dogs. You must give me time.”
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Whoever it was, we mustn’t sit here in this frozen, guilty silence!
From Literature
“If you must know,” I said, “it comes from a German officer. But you mustn’t ask any further questions.”
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“We mustn’t let the clock run down,” he said.
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“We mustn’t let the clock run down. . . .”
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