gotta have

Example Sentences

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It means if you go to Kenny Chesney, you gotta have the hat — the girls have to have the cut-offs.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026

Of his own ejection in the fourth quarter, Lee added: "I gotta have a little bit better emotional control in that moment."

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 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

"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

“When folks leave, William Ernest, honey, they gotta have a chance to settle in and get used to things. Sometimes it’s best not to go visiting, right away.”

From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson