Examples of deprivation in a Sentence
She is studying the effects of sleep deprivation.
She eventually overcame the deprivations of her childhood.
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The four-count indictment charges them with deprivation of rights under the color of law through excessive force and failure to intervene, and through deliberate indifference; conspiracy to witness tampering; and obstruction of justice through witness tampering.
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Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 13 Sep. 2023
The four-count indictment charges each of them with deprivation of rights under the color of law through excessive force and failure to intervene, and through deliberate indifference; conspiracy to witness tampering, and obstruction of justice through witness tampering.
—CBS News, 12 Sep. 2023
Huxley was indicted in October on a count of deprivation of rights under color of law, which is a civil rights violation.
—Phil Helsel, NBC News, 9 Sep. 2023
According to the researchers Black individuals living in urban communities may be impacted more by socioeconomic deprivation — which includes level of education, housing, income, and access to healthful food — and health inequalities than Black people living in rural areas.
—Deborah Balthazar, STAT, 8 Sep. 2023
Sleep deprivation can have a wide range of health effects, spanning from diminished focus to heart attacks.
—Jackie Appel, Popular Mechanics, 21 Aug. 2023
Amid the carnage and deprivation, tens of thousands of desperate migrants from Ethiopia, displaced and endangered by civil conflict in their own country, have made the perilous journey to Yemen in hopes of crossing into Saudi Arabia.
—Karen Deyoung, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2023
Public standards have been demolished, and that deprivation has permeated the unformed morality of the young generation.
—Armond White, National Review, 30 Aug. 2023
He is charged with destruction, alteration and falsification of records in federal investigations, obstruction of official proceedings and deprivation of rights under color of law.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 19 Aug. 2023
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Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 13 Sep. 2023
The four-count indictment charges each of them with deprivation of rights under the color of law through excessive force and failure to intervene, and through deliberate indifference; conspiracy to witness tampering, and obstruction of justice through witness tampering.
—CBS News, 12 Sep. 2023
Huxley was indicted in October on a count of deprivation of rights under color of law, which is a civil rights violation.
—Phil Helsel, NBC News, 9 Sep. 2023
According to the researchers Black individuals living in urban communities may be impacted more by socioeconomic deprivation — which includes level of education, housing, income, and access to healthful food — and health inequalities than Black people living in rural areas.
—Deborah Balthazar, STAT, 8 Sep. 2023
Sleep deprivation can have a wide range of health effects, spanning from diminished focus to heart attacks.
—Jackie Appel, Popular Mechanics, 21 Aug. 2023
Amid the carnage and deprivation, tens of thousands of desperate migrants from Ethiopia, displaced and endangered by civil conflict in their own country, have made the perilous journey to Yemen in hopes of crossing into Saudi Arabia.
—Karen Deyoung, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2023
Public standards have been demolished, and that deprivation has permeated the unformed morality of the young generation.
—Armond White, National Review, 30 Aug. 2023
He is charged with destruction, alteration and falsification of records in federal investigations, obstruction of official proceedings and deprivation of rights under color of law.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 19 Aug. 2023
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“Deprivation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deprivation. Accessed 28 Sep. 2023.
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deprivation
noun
de·pri·va·tion
ˌdep-rə-ˈvā-shən 
ˌdē-ˌprī-
ˌdē-ˌprī-
: the act or process of removing or the condition resulting from removal of something normally present and usually essential for mental or physical well-being
his nervous system may have been affected by early oxygen deprivation—Jack Fincher
Jack Finchersleep deprivation
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