deserved
Example Sentences
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It’s music that has long deserved a new hearing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
In this case, combining 19th-century museum specimens with observations of living frog populations allowed researchers to determine that Pristimantis milpe deserved recognition as a distinct species.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 5, 2026
Sell for the sake of the Sparks, who have long deserved an owner who wants seriously to run the team like Walter’s group runs, well, the Dodgers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
LASK's fourth goal might have come in the 90th minute but it was deserved.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
“I am not sorry you lost them, for you broke the rules, and deserved some punishment for disobedience,” was the severe reply, which rather disappointed the young lady, who expected nothing but sympathy.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
