Words similar to ought

Example sentences for: ought

How can you use “ought” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

"His fate ought to disturb all the capitals of the West."
He could argue that individuals ought to bear responsibility for paying a portion of their premiums.
The outrage is how smug and empty of insight it is, and how rhapsodic its reviews from people who ought to know better.
A botched assassination attempt that killed innocents is just the kind of thing the citizens ought to know about, while the government won't want them to know.
Nowadays, of course, it is felt that a general dictionary ought to describe the lexicon of the language (as far as space permits), which is why modern dictionaries devote so much space to entries for words like the, a, and, run, jump , and play .