Sentence examples for first deserved from inspiring English sources

C'mon, gentlemen, whoever adjusted his hearing aid and got James Dolan on the phone first deserved the job.

Not that the second season of "Downton," a piece of gimcrack compared to the first, deserved all the affection it received.

Still, Wyclif holds that "It is the invariable law of God that nobody is awarded blessedness unless they first deserve it" (De Dominio Divino III, ch. 4, p.229.18).

We played OK in the first half and didn't do anything in the second, deserving to lose.

Despite their luck in the dying seconds, Cardiff deserved this morale-boosting triumph.

"The way we played in the third, we deserved at least a tie game.

"The second goal deserved to be punished.

The protection of the first family deserves our support.

Gore and that first film deserve a lot of credit for activating the liberal Democratic base.

"The Devil's Playground", his first book, deserves to be the thriller of the summer.

First, wrongdoers deserve not merely to suffer but to suffer punishment.