What is "having to"

Usage examples of "having to".

When I saw those hives, I knew we could drive the spodders out without having to shoot our way in.

All that he feared was the possibility of having to do some running at high altitude.

I know some people dread the thought of having to give a presentation in a boardroom, let alone appearing before thousands of people.

Despite his remarkable store of personal knowledge he found himself having to halt the playback and refer constantly to his reference texts.

There might be other reasons as well, having to do with ego and lust, but I didn't feel like admitting to those reasons.

No man who believes that all is for the best in this suffering world can keep his ethical values unimpaired, since he is always having to find excuses for pain and misery.

Then he saw the boy, older, questioning, wondering, having to know why his father had died, impatient in his loss and misery with the published reports, seeking out other crewmen, questioning-True answers?

The new mixed species Leska links are worrisome enough without having to deal with them in a potential war zone should the Valtegans we drove off Keiss decide to return in force.

Perhaps even this water, having to contend against the accumulated subterraneous fires of the interior of the earth, had become partially vaporized.

She has to flee his blows several times and one day, furious at having to listen to her flirt over the phone with an internet acquaintance, he attacks her and rapes her.

It seems that with the addition of SW:TPM to our universe, thousands of people my age are having to grapple with this very issue for the first time.

Although Germany protested that the Lusitania carried munitions (a truth that was vigorously denied by the British), officials were anxious to avoid having to face yet another enemy.

I regret having to leave your head exposed, but being a soft thing I assume you require the constant ingestion of gas to sustain life.

It was quite a boost to his ego to know that he was actually driving himself across the water under his own power instead of having to rely on a suit motor.

He probably felt a lot like Josh and I did about having to pack up and move and never see the old neighborhood again.