well-deserved
Example Sentences
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Both providers have an excellent and well-deserved reputation on that front.
From Salon
Once you get through your parents’ estate, you can take a nice, well-deserved break — but not for too long.
From Salon
"Hellerstein possesses a well-deserved reputation for seeking to do justice in every case and for being independent and fair-minded," said law professor Carl Tobias of the University of Richmond.
From Barron's
Seeing Kulukundis, who is responsible for casting one of last year’s best new finds, Chase Infiniti, collect her well-deserved award was the kind of joy that the Oscars should be trying to inspire every year, instead of dwelling on trite comic bits that only hit their mark half the time.
From Salon
That would be a blessing for the world, and it would give some well-deserved peace to the Middle East.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
