deserved

Example Sentences

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Dawn and her team deserved to win, and they deserved better from me.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

Former England captain Steph Houghton said Arsenal were "better in big moments" and deserved to progress on the balance of the tie.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

I think we can all, as actors, relate to not getting something you are sure you deserved.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

Thomas Tuchel and his England team had a taste of what life would be like without Harry Kane as they slumped to a deserved defeat against Japan at Wembley.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Surely if anyone deserved to spend his remaining years relaxing under his “vine and fig tree,” it was Washington.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis