deserved
Example Sentences
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If I believed he deserved affection, did I believe the same about myself?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
Maybe not early as he should have, but at 1-1, and then when Slovenia took a deserved 2-1 lead, Pocognoli switched formation and personnel, not out of design but out of desperation, you felt.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
He perhaps didn't earn the number of England caps his talent deserved.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
It failed us all by assuming that what she deserved was fixed by what she did as an 18-year-old.
From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2026
She knew she ought to keep her sharp tongue to herself, but she was so certain she was fired, and deserved to be fired, she didn’t see the point.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
