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How to use gotta in a sentence

40 example sentences · verb

Gotta means synonym of have got to, have to. Example: “I gotta learn this for my exam.”

Examples of gotta by meaning

verbSynonym of have got to, have to.

  • I gotta learn this for my exam.
  • If there's beer, dude, you don't even gotta ask.
  • “You just gotta mog,” he posted on X, above a screenshot of a news headline.2026 February 13, Joseph Bernstein, “Handsome at Any Cost”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 14 Feb 2026

More sentences with gotta

  • What’s a body gotta do to get a drink around here?From the entry body
  • She's gotta do that song, she outright smokes when she hits the refrain!From the entry smoke
  • I gotta show you this sweet website where you can pimp your blog and get more readers.From the entry pimp
  • Gotta get going. I wasn’t aware that it was already so late.From the entry aware
  • I ain't swole enough, brah. I gotta work out in the gym more.From the entry swole
  • Ya gotta keep yer eye on the ball, son. Eye. Ball. Eyeball. Geddit?From the entry geddit
  • In order to be fit, you've gotta train hard every day.From the entry in order to
  • Nah bro, I ain't tryna ball up tonight. I gotta focus on my studies.From the entry ball up
  • Ya gotta keep yer eye on the ball, son. Eye. Ball. Eyeball. Geddid?From the entry geddid
  • We gotta get some bitties in here to liven things up.From the entry bittie
  • You gotta wear make-up at kvlt gigs or you'll be thrown out.From the entry kvlt
  • In that hood you gotta roll no less than thirty deep, aight dawg?From the entry roll deep
  • I've gotta move in a hurry because my landlord sold the house out from under me.From the entry sell out from under
  • You gotta watch out for his loose lips, he'll put those guys up on you.From the entry put up on
  • The song is good, but I still gotta rhyme it up.From the entry rhyme up
  • Well, nice knowing you, but I gotta head home. Take care of yourself out there.From the entry nice knowing you
  • Even when you become big and famous, you still gotta keep it trill.From the entry keep it trill
  • I gotta cut but I'll see you tomorrow, okay?From the entry cut
  • Open the window! I've gotta take a hurl.From the entry hurl
  • Let’s wrap this up, I gotta bounce.From the entry bounce
  • He's gotta get down on this sure thing.From the entry get down
  • He's gotta be at least 60, min!From the entry min
  • If you ever need help, all you've gotta do is pick up the phone and give me a call.From the entry pick up the phone
  • I've gotta go for a job interview next Mon.From the entry go for
  • It's those lesser-known boxers you gotta watch out for.From the entry lesser-known
  • Uh oh. I gotta let one loose.From the entry let one loose
  • No matter what, you gotta maintain.From the entry maintain
  • There’s gotta be some sorta explanation.From the entry sorta
  • We gotta do something about this or I'm gonna lose my mind!2026 March 20, Gooseworx, “hjsakldfhl” (16:17 from the start), in The Amazing Digital Circus, episode 8, spoken by Ragatha (Amanda Hufford). From the entry take
  • “Well, now that we're wrapped up, I gotta do recon for the big mish.2026 March 1, Brett Cawley & Robert Maitia, “The Flume Flume Room” (6:33 from the start), in American Dad!, season 22, episode 2, spoken…. From the entry mish
  • At some point it’s gotta kick in about what they've done that’s now on the internet forever.2024 February 21, @AnonJ03, Twitter. From the entry Pornhuber
  • “There's gotta be another place on this giant property I could stash these shoes.2023 May 4, Joe Port & Joe Wiseman, “Woodstone's Hottest Couple” (15:11 from the start), in Ghosts, season 2, episode 20, spoken by Mark…. From the entry bones
  • Third – and here’s the clincher – you gotta distinguish between valid rules and nonrules.2023, Stephen Wilbers, Persuasive Communication for Science and Technology Leaders: Writing and Speaking with Confidence, John Wiley &…. From the entry nonrule
  • Dave: Livin’ the litigation life, ya gotta catch that courtroom rhythm.2022 July 11, Toontown: Corporate Clash Development Team, Backstage Corporate Clash: Cog Building Music. From the entry courtroom
  • So when we see guys like that open, we gotta give them the ball.2021 June 15, Eric Nehm, quoting Khris Middleton, “How Giannis Antetokounmpo and Khris Middleton manipulated the Nets' defense in Game 4”…. From the entry flamethrower
  • Gotta peb this brick, on the next one I'll pattern him.2020 February 20, “Before The Lick”, performed by Kenzo Str8drop. From the entry pattern
  • I'm telling you, you gotta try those sweet, crusty crunts.” “Ew!” “Come on, let's go!”2019 May 3, Lisa Hanawalt & Raphael Bob-Waksberg, “The Sugar Bowl” (14:20 from the start), in Tuca & Bertie, season 1, episode 1, spoken…. From the entry patisserie

Meaning of gotta

  1. verb Synonym of have got to, have to.

Full definition of gotta

Questions about gotta in a sentence

How do you use gotta in a sentence?
Gotta is used as a verb. For example: “I gotta learn this for my exam.”
What is a short sentence with gotta?
“No matter what, you gotta maintain.”
What does gotta mean?
Gotta means synonym of have got to, have to.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: gotta (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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