Ought

Examples

• You ought not to have come today, she said in an altered voice; and suddenly she turned, flung her arms about him and pressed her lips to his. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• And ought not the same natures to have the same pursuits? Plato. The Republic.
• In all the incidents of life we ought still to preserve our scepticism. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• It is I who have been in fault: I ought to have seen that I could not afford to live in this way. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• I do declare once for all that it ought to be put a stop to. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• You ought to wash. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• It is I who ought to have drowned myself. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• The clocks thus controlled ought to be so regulated that if left to themselves they would always gain a little, but not more than a few minutes per day. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• We ought to rehearse tonight. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• But perhaps I ought to do so. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• But it ought not to have that effect. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Mrs. Elton is very good-natured and agreeable, and I dare say her acquaintance are just what they ought to be. Jane Austen. Emma.
• I hope so, said Mr. Chichely, else he ought not to have married that nice girl we were all so fond of. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• When a woman has five grown-up daughters, she ought to give over thinking of her own beauty. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• I am better now--I can answer you as I ought, Mr. Gilmore, I can indeed. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Her judgments ought to be correct when they come, for they are often as tardy of delivery as a Lord Chancellor's. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I don't think Fifth-of-Novembers ought to be kept up by night except in towns. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• He looked with smiling penetration; and, on receiving no answer, added, _She_ ought not to be angry with you, I suspect, whatever he may be. Jane Austen. Emma.
• I was firmly convinced that he ought not to marry you--therefore I tried to dissuade him by all the means in my power. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Every tax ought to be levied at the time, or in the manner, in which it is most likely to be convenient for the contributor to pay it. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The county police ought to make something of that, said he; why, it is surely obvious that-- But I held up a warning finger. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Yes, I am aware they ought to be, my dear,' rejoined her father, 'but they--ain't. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Long since you ought to have crushed it: now you should blush to allude to it. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• They are not examples to be followed by us; for the use of language ought in every generation to become clearer and clearer. Plato. The Republic.
• You ought to marry her. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Neither ought a desire, though indivisible, to be considered as a mathematical point. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• Miserable himself, that he may render no other wretched, he ought to die. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• You ought to give her one. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• My dear, said she as she carefully folded up her scarf and gloves, my brave physician ought to have a title bestowed upon him. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• And so saying, she took the screens out of her sister-in-law's hands, to admire them herself as they ought to be admired. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.

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