Ought — US. [ˈɔːt], UK. [ˈɔːt]
Main meanings word ‘Ought’:
- Used to indicate duty or obligation.
- Used to express a strong probability or expectation.
10 simple sentences with ‘Ought’:
- You ought to eat healthy.
- Austin ought to apologize today.
- My daughter ought to study harder.
- We ought to leave now.
- I ought to buy groceries.
- You ought to try this.
- Robert ought to call his mom.
- I ought to stay home.
- They ought to arrive soon.
- We ought to clean the house.
The sentences with ‘Ought’ from movies:
A man ought to be prepared. – His Girl Friday (1940)
All Republicans ought to be conservative. – Lincoln (2012)
I know someone who ought to get off. – Dunkirk (2017)
Maybe we ought to review our security procedures. – 12 Monkeys (1995)
Why, this ought to be Martini’s place. – It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
He ought to. – No Country For Old Men (2007)
Don’t you think you ought to go? – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
That ought to do it. – Ghostbusters (1984)
Lee, I heard something you ought to know. – The Black Dahlia (2006)
Well If there aingt, there ought a be. – From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
Sometimes, the truth doesn’t matter like it ought. – Sin City (2005)
Somebody ought to do something about that. – Pleasantville (1998)
Well, maybe you ought to make time. – The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
I ought to! – Jailer (2023)
Yes, you ought, stupid girl. – Alice In Wonderland (2010)
We ought to leave tomorrow. – The Color of Money (1986)
You think that ought to hold you? – Nowhere to Run (1993)
There ought to be a law against them. – Judge Dredd (1995)
Ought to be some fun. – The Aviator (2004)
The governor ought to be pleased. – A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Hey, hey, maybe we ought to watch this. – See You On Venus (2023)
We ought to add a few balconies. – The Fountainhead (1949)
I ought to tell you something. – Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Ten minutes ought to do it. – Back to the Future I (1985)
You ought to wrap it up. – 12 Angry Men (1957)
You ought to find yourself another girl. – Misfits (1961)
Perhaps I ought to grow some tusks. – Red White and Royal Blue (2023)
You ought to look in on him though. – Out of Africa (1985)
Or maybe I ought to get behind you. – John Carter (2012)
But you ought to be. – Thor (2011)
You ought not have messed with us, pal. – Home Alone 2. Lost in New York (1992)
I ought to give you the tip. – The Terminator (1984)
I know I ought not to be here. – Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
Maybe I ought to be. – Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1966)
You ought to see it sometime. – Dr. Strangelove (1964)
I ought to cancel your Spring Fling. – Mean Girls (2004)
I ought to drown you in that tub. – Dune. Part Two (2024)
We ought to see Lovegood. – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (2010)
Maybe you ought to surf somewhere else. – Apocalypse Now (1979)
Ought be on his tomb. – The Da Vinci Code (2006)
Someone ought to do something about it. – Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
Heaven knows, I ought to know. – Harvey (1950)
You guys ought to be ashamed of yourselves. – Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
Ten apiece ought to do it. – Dont Look Up (2021)
You ought to behave yourself! – Gone With The Wind (1939)
We ought to go down there some weekend. – Brokeback Mountain (2005)
Ought they to smoke like that? – Little Women (2019)
You’re sure you ought to do this? – The Green Mile (1999)
I think you ought to tell me that. – The Graduate (1967)
Look, I probably ought to go. – Cars 2 (2011)
That ought to make the boss happy, right? – How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)
Those two ought to get a room. – Back to School (1986)
Well, you ought to. – The Namesake (2006)
We ought to carry Dorothy. – The Wizard of Oz (1939)
You ought to be ashamed of yourself. – Duck Soup (1933)
There’s the way it ought to be. – Platoon (1986)
You ought to be a nursery maid. – The Old Dark House (1932)
I think you ought to leave. – Golfballs (1999)
But it ought to be me, really, going. – Jurassic Park (1993)
You ought to bother McQueen. – From Hell (2001)
You ought to call the police. – Atonement (2007)
I think I ought to lie down. – Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)