deserved

Example Sentences

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I think we can all, as actors, relate to not getting something you are sure you deserved.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

They were children with families; they lived, they hoped, and they deserved care.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

Rock is now off the mark with a deserved quarter-final win over Clayton, who led the standings going into the night, but he soon faltered in the semis against Van Gerwen.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

“To lose your ring after seven days of being married is quite a shock,” says Beukman, who manfully admits he deserved the “I told you so” he received from his wife.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

Themselves, they had covered twelve hundred miles with two days’ rest, and in the nature of reason and common justice they deserved an interval of loafing.

From "The Call of the Wild" by Jack London