deserved; deserving
: to be worthy of : merit
deserves another chance
: to be worthy, fit, or suitable for some reward or requital
… have become recognized as they deserve.—
T. S. Eliot
T. S. Eliota worse punishment than he deserved
deserver
noun
Examples of deserve in a Sentence
the team really deserved that victory after the way they played
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Yes, whoever introduced Lil Wayne to Warped Tour, Guitar Hero 3, and Patrick Stump’s fedora stash deserves a hell of their own making.
—Pitchfork, 6 June 2025
The Colosseum, the Pantheon, and the Baroque squares make Rome an open-air museum that deserves to be explored thoroughly, step by step.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 6 June 2025
Black communities deserve to feel safe from the threat of racists acts, especially at a time when our history is being challenged, erased and ignored.
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Pitchfork, 6 June 2025
The Colosseum, the Pantheon, and the Baroque squares make Rome an open-air museum that deserves to be explored thoroughly, step by step.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 6 June 2025
Black communities deserve to feel safe from the threat of racists acts, especially at a time when our history is being challenged, erased and ignored.
—Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 5 June 2025
Does the 88-year-old Holocaust survivor lying in agony in a hospital bed deserve it?
—Hen Mazzig, USA Today, 5 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for deserve
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“Deserve.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deserve. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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