How to use got in a sentence
40 example sentences · verb
Got means expressing obligation; used with have. Example: “I can’t go out tonight: I’ve got to study for my exams.”
Examples of got by meaning
verbExpressing obligation; used with have.
- I can’t go out tonight: I’ve got to study for my exams.
verbMust; have/has (to).
- I got to go study.
verbHave/has.
- They got a new car.
- He got a lot of nerve.
verbHave; there is (indicates the possession or existence of something).
- You got problem is it?
- Got ants over here.
- Got car! Got car!
verbMarks the completive or experiential aspect.
- You got shower?
- I got ski.
- I got ski before.
verbUsed as a marker of realis modality.
- I got go Taiwan next year.
verbUsed to emphasize that an action has been done.
- I got tell them just now.
verbMarks the habitual aspect in the present or past tense.
- I got cook meals for them.
- You got play badminton?
More sentences with got
- I only use the library for the encyclopedia, as we’ve got most other books here.From the entry encyclopedia
- The ancient Mesopotamians never got to write an encyclopedia on stone.From the entry encyclopedia
- His vigorous patronage of the conservatives got him in trouble with progressives.From the entry patronage
- I’ve got three complete sets of these trading cards for sale, plus a few dozen odds.From the entry odd
- Can I borrow an eraser? — Sorry pal, I haven't got one.From the entry one
- Now! Fire all we've got while the enemy is in reach!From the entry now
- I've got open orders for as many containers of red durum as you can get me.From the entry open
- We have got to bring this company's corrupt business practices into the open.From the entry open
- Too busy thinking about my baby, and I ain't got time for nothing else.From the entry baby
- I got to know her during the pandemic, so we've known each other for years now.From the entry know
- I was dealt two red queens, and he got one of the black queens.From the entry black
- I got two red queens, and he got one of the black queens.From the entry red
- He got his T-shirt stuck in the zipper of his jacket.From the entry zipper
- I was at the docks seeing that the goods got properly unloaded.From the entry see
- When I got back to Hawaii, a feeling of aloha flooded me, and my anxiety vanished.From the entry aloha
- This house is a total pit. We've got to do some cleaning!From the entry pit
- Even when times were tough, we got three squares a day.From the entry square
- Just give me a minute — I haven't got any hands right now.From the entry hand
- You can't just look at the election, you've got to look at the big picture.From the entry picture
- How are we all tonight? Have we got our happy faces on?From the entry our
- We got into a silly quarrel about what food to order.From the entry quarrel
- The neighbours got into an argument about the branches of the trees that extended over the fence.From the entry argument
- Steve got in a physical argument with his neighbor and came away with a black eye.From the entry argument
- My brother was a father to me after my parents got divorced.From the entry father
- The house got a complete going-over before the arrival of the in-laws.From the entry in-law
- After not a few threats, they got what they’d been after for so long.From the entry not
Meaning of got
- verb Expressing obligation; used with have.
- verb Must; have/has (to).
- verb Have/has.
Questions about got in a sentence
- How do you use got in a sentence?
- Got is used as a verb. For example: “I can’t go out tonight: I’ve got to study for my exams.”
- What is a short sentence with got?
- “I got ski.”
- What does got mean?
- Got means expressing obligation; used with have.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: got (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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