deserving

Example Sentences

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Deserving alternate: Qualley was phenomenal as the young woman fighting for survival — and her daughter — in “Maid.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2022

She said the two tattoos on his legs — “Punish the Deserving, Protect the Innocent” is the motto of the Tomahawks, 23rd Infantry Regiment, in which Nelson served.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 11, 2022

Deserving defendants, he said, get turned away because courts are too full or prosecutors object.

From Slate • Jun. 1, 2018

But the later name for that honor, Talent Deserving Wider Recognition, would be much more apt in describing Mr. Friedman’s career as a leader.

From New York Times • Jul. 7, 2016

I knew a man who died in days of yore, To whom no monument is like to rise; And yet there never lived a mortal more Deserving of a shaft to pierce the skies.

From Cobwebs from a Library Corner by Bangs, John Kendrick