But now it greveth me to remembre these dyvers sentences, in 160 janglinge of these shepy people; certes, me thinketh, they oughten to maken joye that a sothe may be knowe.
Or elles they knowen ful wel whiche thinges that they oughten folwe, but lecherye and coveityse overthroweth hem mistorned; and certes, 130 so doth distemperaunce to feble men, that ne mowen nat wrastlen ayeins the vyces.
And other folk dreden more than they oughten [that] whiche they mighten wel beren; and somme dispyse that they mowe nat beren; and thilke folk god ledeth in-to experience of himself by aspre and sorwful thinges.
And I have shewed that alle thinges, that oughten ben desired, ben referred to good, right as to a maner heighte of hir nature.
And therfor is it that men oughten to wene by right, that bountee be the soverein fyn, and the cause 165 of alle the thinges that ben to requeren.
I was plumb scared at the time, you oughtenter sent hit just in er letter that a-way.
Well, perhaps I oughten to tell it to you, ma says it ain’t nice.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "oughten" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
