deserved
Example Sentences
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The records are still there and still sound great, even if they didn’t earn their creators the kind of money and lifestyle that they deserved.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026
Hirofumi Yoshimura, head of the Japan Innovation Party, a coalition partner of Takaichi's government, said the principle deserved discussion in the context of the US-Japan security alliance.
From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026
I deserved to be hoisted in the air in a true “Dirty Dancing” moment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
Against Wrexham four days earlier in New York, a similarly youthful backline deserved credit for keeping a clean sheet.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
“And I told them that your teammates called you on it and that you deserved it.”
From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner
