deserved

Example Sentences

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That movie never happened and Reisman died in 2012 at the age of 82, still insisting he deserved to bask in the spotlight.

From Los Angeles Times

They quickly became my heroes, and deserved to be illuminated as inspirations to others.

From Los Angeles Times

"It was a tough loss, but you give credit when credit due, they deserved it," Iwobi says.

From BBC

Crawley brought up a well deserved 50 and with an uncharacteristically subdued Brook began a rebuild before his partner badly mistimed a reverse sweep and was bowled by a classic Lyon off-break.

From Barron's

Stokes deserved a hundred only for Mitchell Starc to hit the stumps through the gate.

From BBC