deserved; deserving
: to be worthy of : merit
deserves another chance
: to be worthy, fit, or suitable for some reward or requital
… have become recognized as they deserve.—
T. S. Eliot
T. S. Eliota worse punishment than he deserved
deserver
noun
Examples of deserve in a Sentence
the team really deserved that victory after the way they played
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Californians deserve leadership that puts people over politics and collaborates with local governments to create policies that work for everyone.
—Kelly Seyarto, Orange County Register, 18 Nov. 2024
Now, the money can come from the buyer’s side, giving them power to negotiate over the fee and to consider whether their agent deserved, say, a $30,000 lump sum (the classic 3 percent commission on a median $1 million Manhattan apartment).
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024
As one of the genre’s premier artists since the late ’80s — first as a member of the groundbreaking hip-hop group DC Talk and later as a solo act — TobyMac deserves the top billing on the marquee.
—Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
Both comic and series have suffered a similar fate — being buried in a landslide of Too Much Stuff — and both are clever little delights that deserve to be remembered.
—Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
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Kelly Seyarto, Orange County Register, 18 Nov. 2024
Now, the money can come from the buyer’s side, giving them power to negotiate over the fee and to consider whether their agent deserved, say, a $30,000 lump sum (the classic 3 percent commission on a median $1 million Manhattan apartment).
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024
As one of the genre’s premier artists since the late ’80s — first as a member of the groundbreaking hip-hop group DC Talk and later as a solo act — TobyMac deserves the top billing on the marquee.
—Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
Both comic and series have suffered a similar fate — being buried in a landslide of Too Much Stuff — and both are clever little delights that deserve to be remembered.
—Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
See all Example Sentences for deserve
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“Deserve.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deserve. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
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