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Ought — US. [ˈɔːt], UK. [ˈɔːt]

 

Main meanings word ‘Ought’:

  1. Used to indicate duty or obligation.
  2. 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)