English example sentences with "ought"

Learn how to use ought in a English sentence. Over 100 hand-picked examples.

You look tired. You ought to rest for an hour or two.

I think that you ought to apologize to her.

You ought to have adopted his plan.

You ought to ask him for advice.

You ought to thank him.

You ought not to have said a thing like that to him.

You ought to be ashamed.

You ought to ask for your teacher's permission.

You ought not to have spent so much money on your hobby.

You ought to get to work on time.

You ought to see a dentist.

You ought to have come to our party.

You ought to have come to see me yesterday.

You ought to be on time if you start now.

You ought to have been more careful.

Now that you are grown-up, you ought to know better.

You ought not to have done such a thing.

You ought not to have done that.

You ought to know better at your age.

You ought to have seen the exhibition.

You ought to do it at once.

You ought to have taken your father's advice.

You ought to take your father's advice.

At your age, you ought to know better.

At your age you ought to support yourself.

You ought to have seen it.

We ought to do our best not to pollute our environment.

We ought to win.

We have left undone what we ought to have done.

We ought to expect some casual visitors.

I'm doubtful about what I ought to do.

In fact, I'll even call George at the office and tell him he ought to come home and help out.

We ought to be ready for whatever comes.

You ought to read English aloud.

You ought to see a doctor.

As long as I'm going to be in London, I ought to see a play or two.

The rocket ought to have reached the moon by now.

There ought to be more buses during the rush hours.

I ought to have made a hotel reservation earlier.

You ought to have come here earlier.

You ought to eat more slowly.

He ought to be punished if he commits a crime.

If Sue is coming by air, she ought to arrive very soon.

Maybe I ought to expand the memory.

Mary ought to do her homework on time.

There ought to be a better bus service.

Do what you ought to, come what may.

You ought to go by taxi, or you might not get there in time.

So they ought to have arrived here by now.

You ought not to sit up so late.

You ought not to go to such a place.

You ought to know better than to go to such a dangerous place.

You ought not to stay up so late.

You ought not to smoke so much.

You ought not to say such a thing.

You ought not to say such things in public.

You ought to have told me that before.

It's really a very useful thing; you ought to buy it.

You ought to think over whether the premise is valid or not.

We ought to take the teacher's advice.

You ought not to speak ill of others behind their backs.

The picture was wonderful. You ought to have seen it.

Such a man ought to succeed.

Ought I to tell it to him?

Taking everything into consideration, they ought to be given another chance.

Every citizen ought to help them.

I'm not certain where this ought to be put.

These regulations ought to be observed by the students.

This is a very important meeting. You ought not to miss it.

This ought to bring in enough money to put us back in the black.

This book ought to be a good seller.

We ought to look the world straight in the face.

I wish you would tell me what I ought to do in this difficult situation.

You ought to take advantage of this opportunity, for it may not come again.

This is very important meeting. You ought not to miss it.

You ought to do away with this practice.

You ought to find nice shoes here.

You ought not to go there alone.

Your parents ought to know it.

A boy your age ought to behave well.

Yes, I think you ought to go.

You ought not to have kept her waiting on such a cold night.

We ought to have phoned ahead and reserved a table.

The love letter ought to have reached her.

Don't you think you ought to write them a thank-you note?

You ought to be ashamed of yourself.

You ought to face the stark reality.

You ought not to go out.

You ought to have come to my wedding reception earlier.

He said that you ought to go.

You ought to live up to your parents' hopes.

You ought to have read the book.

You ought not to have disclosed the secret.

You ought to know better than to do such a thing.

You ought to finish your homework at once.

You ought to be ashamed to cheat on exams.

Your wife ought to tell you all about it.

He lives a freewheeling life. I think he ought to settle down a little.

Since he started at eight, he ought to be there by now.

You ought to have started half an hour ago.

The play was very amusing; you ought to have gone there.

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