Sentence examples similar to it merited that from inspiring English sources

The contest, though it barely merited that word, was a stark contrast with their first meeting this season, when Richmond won by one point with a goal after the siren.

I think just because everyone's waited for such a long time for this, that's probably why it'll be suggested, but I don't know if it merits that.

Mr. Wynne said: "I think while we want to share as much as we can with the Congress, especially on that kind of sensitive issue, we really don't think it merits that kind of day-to-day oversight.

For sure, you should not ask "How are you really?" If you are close enough to merit that information, it will come to you.

"Whether it merited an attack that had him in the hospital is certainly another story".

Whether or not it merited a sending-off, that is obviously the debate after the game".

Namouna foreshadowed the ballets of Diaghilev in that it merited attention more for its musical score than for its choreography.

What could be so important that it merited the interruption?

The problem, Haidt decided, was widespread enough that it merited further research.

Fernando Ferrer said that it merited thought, but not in the heat of a campaign.

By 2001, the "Delia effect" was so well known that it merited an entry in the dictionary.