should have
She should've put on sunscreen and sat under a beach umbrella to avoid getting a sunburn.
Should've or should have is defined as something that would have been beneficial to do.
An example of should've is realizing that wearing elbow pads would have been a good idea after you've fallen off a bike.
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should've
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Contraction
- Eye dialect spelling of should have.
- He should've arrived earlier.
Origin
should +"Ž -'ve
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Sentence Examples
- You should've thought of that before you jumped.
- Maybe he should've felt it.
- "We should've seen this coming," he said, running his fingers through his hair.
- There were sounds that should've alarmed her, the feel of hot tears on her face.
- Her gift of changing or transforming objects into others should've turned him to stone.
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