How to use mandatory in a sentence

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• No English adverbs have mandatory complements, and most don't even license optional ones.From the entry license
• I gave her her mandatory two weeks' notice and sacked her.From the entry notice
• If something is evil, it is never mandatory.From the entry evil
• Tuition is free; the kicker is that mandatory room and board costs twice as much as at other colleges.From the entry kicker
• Smoke detectors are mandatory in public buildings.From the entry detector
• Singapore plans to cane scammers and scam mules, with mandatory caning of at least six strokes for scammers and discretionary caning for mules.From the entry stroke
• The reporter cornered the politician by pointing out the hypocrisy of his position on mandatory sentencing, in light of the politician's own actions in court.From the entry corner
• Amini’s alleged crime was “improperly” wearing hijab, violating Iran’s law requiring mandatory veiling.2022 September 30, Mahsa Alimardani, Kendra Albert, Afsaneh Rigot, “Big Tech Should Support the Iranian People, Not the Regime”, in The…. From the entry veiling
• “We still reject mandatory vaccination through the back door,” DGB chairman Reiner Hoffmann told Editor Network Germany.2021 September 24, Laura Smith-Spark, James Frater, Saskya Vandoorne, Livia Borghese, Nadine Schmidt, “Pockets of low vaccine uptake…. From the entry DGB
• Let's face it: The U.S. went through an ill-advised orgy-like period of mandatory oversentencing.2018 July 14, Diane Dimond, “Second-Look Sentencing”, in Creators, archived from the original on 09 Apr 2025. From the entry oversentence
• Browne said the action was in addition to a mandatory 20 percent reduction of placards departmentwide.2008 March 6, Al Baker, “Auxiliary Police See Parking Permit Cut as an Insult”, in New York Times. From the entry departmentwide
• Punctuation is important in all types of writing, but it is mandatory in international documents.2003, Larry Newman, “International Proposals”, in Shipley Associates Proposal Guide for Business Development Professionals, 2nd edition…. From the entry overpunctuate
• Hilarity is in it—hilarity at its best—as would be almost mandatory in any film with Miss Holliday.1999, Vincent Canby, Janet Maslin, Peter M. Nichols, The New York times guide to the best 1000 movies ever made. From the entry hilarity
• Even though the mandatory inspections have been eliminated, Texans with vehicles registered in emissions counties are required to have emissions tests.2024 October 2, Julianna Russ, “Texas vehicle safety inspections going away, but you’ll still have to pay”, in KXAN, archived from the…. From the entry Texan
• In the military, appellational protocol is mandatory.2012, Abné M. Eisenberg, Prescriptive Communication for the Healthcare Provider, page 256. From the entry appellational
• Before passing a balling gun into the patient's oral cavity, a quick assessment of the patient's size is mandatory.2007, Thomas J. Divers, Simon F. Peek, Rebhun's Diseases of Dairy Cattle, page 21. From the entry balling gun
• I think well considered mandatories can turn otherwise boring, wide open holes into something of more challenge and interest.1998 September 10, Dennis Moore, “Re: Patent Law and Disc Golf”, in rec.sport.disc (Usenet). From the entry mando
• Those that are authorative and of the government, mandatory; the others in part or altogether voluntary are more directory than mandatory.1902, The State of Corrections: Proceedings, ACA Annual Conferences. From the entry wieldsome
• Here, Nakamura took the white pieces and the time odds with the mandatory win requirement, and managed to break Nepomniachtchi's resistance to clinch the title.2022 October 31, Luci Kelemen, “Nakamura wins 2022 Fischer Random Chess Championship, Carlsen slides to top-four finish”, in Dot Esports…. From the entry odds
• Australians returning from overseas have been required to quarantine for 14 days since 15 March, with mandatory stays inside hotel rooms enforced since 29 March.2020 April 10, The Guardian. From the entry quarantine
• The first procedure would signify a process of successive subspeciations while the second one would mean simultaneous subspeciations, although this is not mandatory.2013, Eduardo H Rapoport, Areography: Geographical Strategies of Species, page 58. From the entry subspeciation
• Fewer Saxon and Bavarian cities attempted to implement mandatory stunning laws, but their state parliaments debated the possibility of creating statewide bans on kosher butchering.2007, Robin Judd, Contested Rituals, Cornell University Press,, →ISBN, page 145. From the entry statewide
• Jordan sat tight against Mom's legs, the nightly position for her mandatory hundred strokes, because time, tide and snocksnarls wait for no man.2006, Dorothy Palmer, When Fenelon Falls, page 145. From the entry snocksnarls
• In the competitions, bodybuilders go through "mandatories"—a set of mandatory poses—in the morning, where the judges compare the body parts of the builders.1991, Samuel Wilson Fussell, chapter 4, in Muscle: Confessions of an Unlikely Bodybuilder. From the entry builder
• As described in Chapter 5, post-Roe statutes included requirements of spousal or parental consent, hospitalization for second trimester abortions, mandatory waiting periods, and funding restrictions.1988, Committee for Abortion Rights and Against Sterilization Abuse, edited by Susan Elizabeth Davis, Women Under Attack: Victories…. From the entry post-Roe
• Article 11 of the Louisiana Civil Code provides the legal framework for the doctrinal distinction between imperative, or mandatory, and suppletive laws.1981, Alejandro M. Garro, “Codification Technique and the Problem of Imperative and Suppletive Laws”, in Louisiana Law Review, volume 41…. From the entry suppletive
• Ratification is mandatory for treaties of peace, mutual non-aggression, friendship, alliance and assistance, and all other treaties which expressly provide for ratification.1968, Douglas M. Johnston, Hungdah Chiu, Agreements of the People's Republic of China 1949-1967: A Calendar, Harvard University Press…. From the entry PRC
• During the iddat, she did not sit with her head covered in a room, praying for her departed husband and observing the mandatory period of mourning.2025, Banu Mushtaq, “The Shroud”, in Deepa Bhasthi, transl., Heart Lamp, And Other Stories, page 170. From the entry iddat
• For a country that is thought to have the best-regulated fisheries in the world, the US is an odd fish when it comes to mandatory safety requirements.2025 October 21, Rose George, “‘I knew in my head we were dying’: the last voyage of the Scandies Rose”, in The Guardian. From the entry odd fish
• I will engage in a mandatory wellness coaching session but I understand that those are not conditions and may not be sufficient to prevent my contracting PTSD.”2021 May 12, Cristina Criddle, “Facebook moderator: ‘Every day was a nightmare’”, in BBC News. From the entry post-traumatic stress disorder
• Los Angeles is under permanent lockdown, and daily health checks are mandatory, the sick carted off to the ominous Q-Zone by armed sanitation workers in yellow hazmat suits.2020 December 10, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, “The first movie inspired by the pandemic is here, and it sucks”, in The Onion AV Club, archived…. From the entry cart off
• In Malaysia, certain drug crimes carry a 'mandatory death sentence', and when entering Brunei you'll see Singaporesque signs reading 'Warning: Death for drug traffickers under Brunei law.2013, Daniel Robinson, Borneo, Lonely Planet Publications, page 304. From the entry Singaporesque
• It is not clear whether Native Californian women who established joint residences with Native Alaskan, Creole, or Russian men were drafted into mandatory service for the Company.2006, Kent G. Lightfoot, Indians, Missionaries, and Merchants: The Legacy of Colonial Encounters on the California Frontiers, University…. From the entry Native Californian
• Arvit is a reshut (an optional prayer) and although it has become established and is now mandatory, the Amidah is not repeated by the Sheli'ah Tzibbur.1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 162. From the entry reshut
• The mandatory change point for a tyre is when it is worn to the carcass layer; however, at this point, the tyre could not undergo a retread.1993 June, Presidency of Civil Aviation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, “1.16.5 Wear Characteristics of Aviation Tyres”, in…. From the entry carcass
• The Emerald City, both famous and notorious for its clouds and rain, has been forced to institute a mandatory water conservation program for the first time "in memorable history."1987 August 4, “Seattle curbs watering”, in Deseret News. From the entry Emerald City
• A year-end trophy is presented to the first and second-place members who have scored the most points in four of six events with one on ice mandatory.1968, Sports Car Graphic, volume 8, page 50. From the entry icekhana

Meaning of mandatory

1. adjective Obligatory; required or commanded by authority.
2. adjective Of, being or relating to a mandate.
3. noun A sign or line that require the path of the disc to be above, below or to one side of it.

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Questions about mandatory in a sentence

How do you use mandatory in a sentence?

Mandatory is used as an adjective and noun. For example: “Attendance at a school is usually mandatory for children.”

What is a short sentence with mandatory?

“In the military, appellational protocol is mandatory.”

What does mandatory mean?

Mandatory means obligatory; required or commanded by authority.