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Examples of deserved in a Sentence
a well deserved promotion for a hard worker
Recent Examples of deserved from the Web
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On June 28, Magulick will be inducted into the South Jersey Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame in well-deserved recognition of a career dedicated to teaching young people the best lessons that sports have to offer.
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This is a Shakespearean tragedy; this is a fall from grace that is both unfortunate and well deserved.
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With deserved pride, Pollitzer affirms that Equality Florida has been in the state capital every year since 2007, and the group has either blocked or neutralized every single piece of anti-LGBT legislation filed since then.
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At the time, many industry observers and journalists talked about ‘the Bigelow effect’ and how her well-deserved success would lead to an increase in the number of female directors working on high-profile films.
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Main Events used to promote Pernell Whitaker, who was deprived of deserved victories against Jose Luis Ramirez and Julio Cesar Chavez.
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Klay Thompson Thompson has a mostly deserved reputation as an ace defender, but those matchups come on opposing point guards.
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Faults looks weird and intense and like a great opportunity for each of these performers to get some much deserved time in the spotlight.
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Circa 1552
First Known Use of deserved
circa 1552
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