deserved
Example Sentences
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“Gregg is so completely un-Hollywood,” Wilde recalls during a recent video call, “that even just having a coffee at this place deserved to be remarked upon in a really hilarious way.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
It yielded nothing, which was what it deserved.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
"We managed to go all the way to the end when the match was so open and it just couldn't be. They deserved the victory, that is the reality."
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
"He deserved to live a quiet life as Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a husband, a father and a job creator for dozens of men who also wanted the American dream."
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
“There is no emergency. I just thought you deserved a day off, and I missed my favorite daughter.”
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
