deserving

Example Sentences

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The solid, stolid, self-satisfied Edwardian England that had seemed so deserving of his lashes was itself now wounded, and something in Galsworthy shifted accordingly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Are we still deserving of kindness when someone knows our darkest, most cruel impulses?

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

In a few places, we included a deserving player at a secondary position, if his primary position was fully stocked.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

I hope his story can be remembered not because of its tragedy, but because it demanded a future where people deserving refuge are not thrown into peril.

From Slate • Mar. 19, 2026

Knowing it would not be fast or easy, and wanting, deserving nothing less, grimly, patiently, he waited for death.

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli