- present tense form of deprive (3rd person singular).
deprives
Example Sentences
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Cleage gives the women plenty of substance, though her novelistic mode — more telling than showing — deprives her drama of style.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2026
This particularly deprives eastern parts of the country of rainfall and sees a later start to the northern wet season -- though less chance of tropical cyclones.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
Perhaps that’s Zhao’s point, that loss deprives us of the people we once were.
From Salon • Nov. 30, 2025
Above ground it is a low-slung angular wisp of an object, whose cladding in mirrored steel deprives it of any sense of form or substance.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 24, 2025
Anything that deprives them of their sport will also reach out and affect a large number of economic interests.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
