depriving
Example Sentences
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While I don’t believe in depriving yourself of joy just because you’re unemployed, I do think you’re right not to go on a trip as pricey as this one.
From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026
Can you sue him civilly for depriving you of your civil rights?
From Slate • May 4, 2026
The conflict has damaged Emirati oil-and-gas infrastructure and shut off their ability to sell oil using tankers transiting the Strait of Hormuz, depriving it of a key source of dollar revenues.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026
Doing so could, in theory, cut off the nation's oil shipments, depriving the nation of much-needed revenue and forcing it to make greater concessions to the Americans in exchange for an end to hostilities.
From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026
In confrontation, a wizard should trick the Kappa into bowing—if it does so, the water in the hollow of its head will run out, depriving it of all its strength.
From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling
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