- a variation of aught.
ought
Example Sentences
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Where Charlize Theron’s Calypso ought to have been angry, funny, skilled in rhetoric and libidinous, according to Wilson, she’s “an unpaid therapist.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
On social care for example, he's long believed there ought to be a National Care Service, like the NHS.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
In response to this, Thune told reporters that “maybe she or somebody else ought to get on the phone and get the votes.”
From Slate ● Jul. 25, 2026
All my life there has been a faction in America saying that we ought to be more like Europe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
Where Doyers Street ought to have been, there was nothing but ominous shadow that Molly was not about to test with her or her girlfriend’s life.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
