gotta have
Example Sentences
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That’s a miracle — we gotta have a party.
From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026
Here, the aliens have become more assertive: “Ow, we need the funk / We gotta have that funk.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025
"That's what it comes down to -- just going out there executing those gotta have plays and we made plays tonight."
From Barron's • Nov. 27, 2025
"You've got the pressure of 'we've gotta have some bangers here, we're in the pop industry'," she says.
From BBC • Sep. 27, 2025
Just Ollivanders left now — only place fer wands, Ollivanders, and yeh gotta have the best wand.”
From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling
