deprive

Example Sentences

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Being entirely deprived of social media was found to be most detrimental for boys in their later teens.

From Barron's

“Forcing us to leave would deprive hundreds of thousands of people of essential medical care, with devastating consequences amid already overwhelming needs and catastrophic shortages of basic items.”

From Salon

Less than three weeks later, Iranians were marching everywhere - from small deprived provincial towns to major cities, chanting for economic and political change.

From BBC

Monaco, deprived of 10 key players, looked anxious and struggled to impose themselves.

From Barron's

To pretend otherwise is to deprive words of meaning and to live in the theater of the absurd.

From Los Angeles Times