- present participle of deprive.
depriving
Example Sentences
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In 2023, his team reported that depriving colon cancer cells of arginine caused them to accumulate more mutations.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026
Dugher, who was recently appointed the UK government's first "music champion", said: "No water is one thing but depriving people of somewhere to sit is another... families are having to sit on the floor."
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
Some analysts estimate a blockade that lasts four to five months could reduce Iran’s oil revenues to close to zero, depriving the regime of its main source of hard currency.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Among other things, she said they will argue that federal officials improperly redrew the territory boundaries, shrinking it and depriving the horses of year-round water sources.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
“I spent thirty-three years of my life depriving men of their freedom.”
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
