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Definition of oughtn't in English: oughtn'tcontractionˈɔːt(ə)ntˈɔtnt Ought not. tragedies oughtn't to come in such close succession Example sentencesExamples - ‘We ought to file that under ‘Educational’ too, oughtn't we?’
- You oughtn't be cold in May.
- The floor of the cafe seemed suddenly brilliant to me, the bright wood vivid in the artificial light - tho’ perhaps I oughtn't to have indulged in that espresso, not at 7.30-ish in the evening.
- But I've actually seen commentators, left and right, arguing that they oughtn't to be advocating it.
- You oughtn't to worry: a friend of mine took several months out to grow a really big, bushy beard for the specific purpose of having his passport photos taken: just for contrariness' sake - passport done, he shaved the beard off.
- I know it's sinful, and I know I oughtn't, but I do love watching irate motorists who've been caught breaking parking regulations, especially able-bodied drivers who park across disabled parking bays.
- Food, exercise, ethics, morality… all of it involves giving up something that we want because we oughtn't have it.
- However, watching his story being told on celluloid, and appreciating it for the nobility of purpose at its core, that oughtn't to be too hard.
- Well I know we oughtn't to be there, but I can't get out.
- There was one truly disgraceful performance of the day which oughtn't pass without comment.
- The movie was great - I laughed, I rolled my eyes, I jumped (just a little), and shook my head as the silly actors did what everyone in the audience knew they really oughtn't.
- I love him, and he loves me, and that ought to be enough, oughtn't it?
- Still, he succeeds in cleaning his plate, and thus salvages Australia's honour (which really oughtn't to depend on his consumption of curry).
- Accordingly, an effective way to keep sly felines out of places they oughtn't be is by using strong pulsating ultrasonic waves, inaudible to the human ear.
- My opinion, of course, is that we oughtn't to legislate morality.
- While at the Chicago Flood Control Conference in June 1927, he admitted that ‘he hadn't been well and oughtn't to be at the conference, but he couldn't resist taking part in one of the outstanding problems of the nation.’
- Maybe I oughtn't to let the voices inside my head take control.
- But I am conscious of the fact that I oughtn't to be doing it; it's not a very polite thing to do, to talk about yourself.
- ‘It's very unhealthy for our democracy that there oughtn't be a change in Government and there oughtn't be an alternative on offer,’ he said.
- But certain architectural styles and details spell ‘shelter’ for most people, and oughtn't we accommodate their wishes?
Definition of oughtn't in US English: oughtn'tcontractionˈôtntˈɔtnt Ought not. tragedies oughtn't to come in such close succession Example sentencesExamples - You oughtn't to worry: a friend of mine took several months out to grow a really big, bushy beard for the specific purpose of having his passport photos taken: just for contrariness' sake - passport done, he shaved the beard off.
- But I am conscious of the fact that I oughtn't to be doing it; it's not a very polite thing to do, to talk about yourself.
- Accordingly, an effective way to keep sly felines out of places they oughtn't be is by using strong pulsating ultrasonic waves, inaudible to the human ear.
- Maybe I oughtn't to let the voices inside my head take control.
- Well I know we oughtn't to be there, but I can't get out.
- ‘It's very unhealthy for our democracy that there oughtn't be a change in Government and there oughtn't be an alternative on offer,’ he said.
- While at the Chicago Flood Control Conference in June 1927, he admitted that ‘he hadn't been well and oughtn't to be at the conference, but he couldn't resist taking part in one of the outstanding problems of the nation.’
- I know it's sinful, and I know I oughtn't, but I do love watching irate motorists who've been caught breaking parking regulations, especially able-bodied drivers who park across disabled parking bays.
- I love him, and he loves me, and that ought to be enough, oughtn't it?
- The floor of the cafe seemed suddenly brilliant to me, the bright wood vivid in the artificial light - tho’ perhaps I oughtn't to have indulged in that espresso, not at 7.30-ish in the evening.
- My opinion, of course, is that we oughtn't to legislate morality.
- Food, exercise, ethics, morality… all of it involves giving up something that we want because we oughtn't have it.
- ‘We ought to file that under ‘Educational’ too, oughtn't we?’
- There was one truly disgraceful performance of the day which oughtn't pass without comment.
- The movie was great - I laughed, I rolled my eyes, I jumped (just a little), and shook my head as the silly actors did what everyone in the audience knew they really oughtn't.
- Still, he succeeds in cleaning his plate, and thus salvages Australia's honour (which really oughtn't to depend on his consumption of curry).
- But I've actually seen commentators, left and right, arguing that they oughtn't to be advocating it.
- You oughtn't be cold in May.
- But certain architectural styles and details spell ‘shelter’ for most people, and oughtn't we accommodate their wishes?
- However, watching his story being told on celluloid, and appreciating it for the nobility of purpose at its core, that oughtn't to be too hard.
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