deserve
Example Sentences
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He remains determined to promote music from Ethiopia and the wider continent which he feels does not get the acknowledgment it deserves.
From BBC
Parents deserve to feel empowered, to be assured that Washington is an ally.
At a time when journalism’s literary roots seem to be fading and the culture of book-reading sinks out of view, this aspect of Podhoretz, who died Dec. 16 at 95, deserves a moment of attention.
"I feel bad for you, because you don't deserve this," he told holidaymakers before he was arrested by police at Mexico City's Benito Juarez International Airport.
From Barron's
But coming from “Queer Eye” where everyone we helped was because it was somebody deserving, somebody that was going through something and needed that extra boost in their life.
From Los Angeles Times
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