Sentence examples for be deserving from inspiring English sources
verb
To be entitled to, as a result of past actions; to be worthy to have.
- After playing so well, the team really deserved their win.
In such contexts, we may want to know (a) who is the deserver; (b) what the deserver is said to deserve; (c) upon what basis the deserver is said to be deserving of that desert; (d) from whom the deserver is said to be deserving.
Both would be deserving winners.
The client complained "with such vehemence as to be deserving of further inquiry," Justice Carruthers said.
Only then will Indonesia be deserving of Mr. Cameron and Mrs. Clinton's praise.
One Twitter user may be deserving of more than his fair share of kudos.
Ottawa's captain, Daniel Alfredsson, scorer of 416 goals in 16 seasons, would also be deserving.
That is cognitive dissonance—"Anyone I sponsor must be deserving"—at work again.
They've got to be deserving — a word that means a different thing depending on the night.
We make the other person out to be deserving of suffering.
My aim for each day is to be deserving of these blessings.
"I'm ecstatic to win – you'd think that would at least be deserving of winning the tournament," joked a jubilant O'Neill.
