ought
Example Sentences
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Nonetheless his mother, Queen Best Kemigisa, argued that the late king's will ought to have been respected.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
He said the two nations “stand to gain from cooperation and will both lose in confrontation,” and ought to work together both in business and on AI regulation while maintaining regular military dialogue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Bond geeks have lots of measures that ought to allow us to tease apart the two stories.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
It’s become a cliché that journalists ought to speak truth to power.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
But she helped Nim clean the sand out with fresh coconut juice, and then Fred hinted that they ought to eat the coconut now they’d opened it, so they had it for lunch with bananas.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
