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Example sentences for: ought

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: it ought to have a cross reference under Treatise , where I had sought it in vain.)
Although Grille (in Grillen im Kopf haben) means, quite correctly, cricket in its first and literal meaning, and strange and surprising idea in its figurative sense, it ought to be mentioned that there is a direct, traceable link between the two: Grille acquired its figurative sense in the 16th century when—at least in Germany—the superstition prevailed that the demons of illness appeared in the guise of an insect.
There are not many sources that come readily to hand offering pronunciations of Tán Bó Cualinge . The choice of entry is eclectic: Kotex is in, but not Tampax (no pun); many common names whose pronunciations are unlikely to be in doubt are in also: Kennedy, Johnson (though the Swedish author ought to remain), John (with a French pronunciation shown), John Bull, John Doe (but not Richard Roe), Heston, Hicks , etc.
Literary reportage ought to make up the bulk of the list.
The truth, though, is that this fascination (by people who really ought to know better) with violence and outlaw behavior is a long-standing phenomenon.