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:
If it is felt that some guidance is needed, then they should hire a tutor--there ought to be plenty of good ones available everywhere.
So outrageous was Freeh's "dis" of the president and the attorney general that Clinton "ought to fire him," said Jack Germond ( Meet the Press ).
passerine It ought to be a bird of passage, but it isn't.
Indeed, it would be disheartening, as well as entirely untrue, if one were to think that this book was published as an act of philanthropy, as something that ought to be done.
"His fate ought to disturb all the capitals of the West."