Below you will find example sentences with "must surely". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Must Surely in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: surely
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 7
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 27.2 words

Words in this phrase

must surely

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • must can mean: To do as a requirement; indicates that the sentence subject is required as an imperative or directive to execute the sentence predicate, ... Common word
  • surely can mean: Without fail. Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 7 start, 7 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

and he must surely feel like 1× awe that must surely be next 1× crane limits must surely be a 1× crisis it must surely be the 1× dirty tracksuit must surely be defined 1× fight they must surely win 1× for that must surely lie in 1× it must surely have been 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

after a victory 1× and president trump 1× as protesters risk 1× but the broken 1× he said nobody 1× his next trick 1×

Common sentence endings:

a minimum response 1× be legal ramifications 1× feel like elvis 1× height you like 1× months in power 1× must surely win 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

height 3× believe 3× specific 2× containers 2× now 2× london 2× water 2× last 2× buildings 2× next 2× half 2× take 2×

Related phrases

must wear must admit must obtain must stop must take must continue must rely must demonstrate must recognize must commit

Phrases around this combination

Just before it in the phrase index:

must stop must rely must recognize must obtain must demonstrate must continue

Just after it in the phrase index:

must take must wear mutual aid mutual benefit mutual friends mutual fund

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

must wear must admit must obtain must stop must take must continue

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "must surely" has 2 words and usually appears near the start in these examples. The average sentence has 27.2 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as and he must surely feel like, awe that must surely be next, height, believe and specific stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with must wear, must admit and must obtain, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with must surely

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

After a victory of superior conviction, and a better vision of football, must surely now believe. (16 words)

As protesters risk their lives, those measures must surely be re-imposed as a minimum response. (16 words)

And, if you believe that, you must surely believe that the London Bridge is still in London! (17 words)

Longer example sentences

The last word must surely go to Dwain Hargis, 49, from Kentucky, a US army veteran who served in Iraq, and a regular guest at Sandals’ Montego Bay resort, who has been taking part in the Reading Road Trips with his wife Lorie for a number of years. (48 words)

One reviewer said the cathedral is a "much-hyped complex" of historic buildings, but is "everything it's cracked up to be": They wrote: "I’m not religious, but the buildings inspire a sense of awe that must surely be next to godliness. (43 words)

But the broken promise announced by water minister Tanya Plibersek, who will buy water from farmers and abandon the socio-economic neutrality test that was promised by her fellow cabinet member Tony Burke, must surely be the last straw. (39 words)

Exclamation examples

And, if you believe that, you must surely believe that the London Bridge is still in London! (17 words)

Example sentences (20)

And if it can’t surely the operator is meant to check – the crane limits must surely be a specific height or a specific number of containers of a specified height – not six containers any height you like.

After a victory of superior conviction, and a better vision of football, must surely now believe.

And, if you believe that, you must surely believe that the London Bridge is still in London!

But the broken promise announced by water minister Tanya Plibersek, who will buy water from farmers and abandon the socio-economic neutrality test that was promised by her fellow cabinet member Tony Burke, must surely be the last straw.

He said nobody can blackmail the G5 governors to drop the political advocacy because it is a fight they must surely win.

One reviewer said the cathedral is a "much-hyped complex" of historic buildings, but is "everything it's cracked up to be": They wrote: "I’m not religious, but the buildings inspire a sense of awe that must surely be next to godliness.

Plodding between butcher and front door with a sallow face and a dirty tracksuit must surely be defined as a sin of waste.

It must surely have been the loudest rendition in a long time of anthem Geordie Munro as time ticked away in the second-half.

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When he spreads his cloak-like wings, to warm up, everyone on the path takes photographs and he must surely feel like Elvis.

With such pedigree, it must surely be a daunting prospect for any director to take on - not least a 21-year-old making his directorial debut for Helston Theatre Company's stage version.

As protesters risk their lives, those measures must surely be re-imposed as a minimum response.

Indeed, the scarfed despot must surely take need of the tell-tale signs from the teachers’ strike.

The Premier and the Leader of the Opposition must surely see this as they drive to their farms.

These are all lost markers in the dark, and the blame for that must surely lie in part with the superficiality of generations of preaching and homilies.

We must surely, he added, be witnessing a historical record – a government in crisis after just two months in power.

And President Trump must surely now act before his voter base can read nothing but the or the pseudo-conservative Bulwark.

Because, under the EU treaties, they have a right to stand and vote in these elections and, if those rights are stripped from them mid-stride, then there must surely be legal ramifications.

His next trick must surely be to halve national debt by bringing in guillotines at the Reserve Bank to cut in half tens of billions in freshly printed $100 notes.

If there is to be a defining sound of the crisis, it must surely be the thumping engines of the air force's Chinook helicopter, from number 18 Squadron based at RAF Odiham in Hampshire.

The last word must surely go to Dwain Hargis, 49, from Kentucky, a US army veteran who served in Iraq, and a regular guest at Sandals’ Montego Bay resort, who has been taking part in the Reading Road Trips with his wife Lorie for a number of years.

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