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Example sentences for: ought

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Although he was prime minister during the war in Chechnya (which has more than surface similarities to the war in Kosovo: It was a war against an ethnic minority seeking greater autonomy, a war that Russia could neither win nor negotiate its way out of for two bloody years), Chernomyrdin has yet to take a stand on it or on what the republic's relationship ought to be with the Russian federation.
AG (from under the covers): What I hear you saying is that anyone who talks about how important it is for families to stay together and be strong ought to also be supportive of families in this situation.
Presidents recognized--or, at least, believed--that the country had problems they ought to deal with but could not manage by using the instruments of government alone.
Because she is nearsighted, and her glasses ought to be for nearsightedness.
caminute - In 1784 one I. Tiffany wrote to a storekeeper in Crompond, N.Y., “By some unaccountable mistake neglect or some other devilish affair the caminute was not left as it ought to have been at New York.”