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Example sentences for "really ought"

  • But I have a rain-coat and a boot, and--I really ought to be going on.

  • I really ought to go in a few minutes, Elsie," said Honora.

  • I really ought to move into another building.

  • I really ought to stay and take care of you," and the little doctor began to look troubled at once.

  • Don't you see, child, that I really ought to be told?

  • But it may be something that I really ought to do," said Polly.

  • And so, you see, because she did not have that particular jewel the princess did not have as good times as such a beautiful princess, living in such a wonderful palace, with so many lovely things, really ought to have.

  • I--I felt that I really ought not to be away.

  • He really ought not to be here," said the young man.

  • His head was turned, and he decided that he really ought to get married.

  • I ask myself whether I really ought not to consult one of my colleagues.

  • So we really ought to subscribe to a restaurant--" "That is unjust, Archie.

  • I forgot to ask, and we really ought to know, don't you think?

  • But one must not be grasping; I've enjoyed life so fully, in a condensed essence as it were, that I really ought not to complain if the portion allotted to me is already consumed.

  • We really ought to take a vow of celibacy, like the Catholic priests.

  • I really ought not to stay here any longer than is necessary to bring up the dinner and afterward to carry down the dishes again," she said, with a roguish affectation of secrecy.


    • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "really ought" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    disinterested benevolence; dollar figure; haired people; her great; offer myself; physical matter; private dining; really believe; really cannot; really couldn; really didn; really doesn; really great; really have; really know; really like; really loved; really only; really very; really want; really was; second concert; social hygiene; steam gauge; successive stages; what reason