She deprived herself and her son of the pleasure of stories.
But she deprived the economy of a lot of potential activity, too.
"She proclaims she wants to be head of state but she deprives herself of the means to achieve her ambition.
She deprived herself of the real pleasures of consumption: we never ate in restaurants or stayed in hotels.
He yelled at his mother, he talked back to her, she deprived him of food and then gave it to him.
When she saw that he was dissolved with pleasure, she stopped, divining that perhaps if she deprived him now he might make a gesture towards fulfilment.
Try not to be too bitter that she deprived you of your inheritance by giving the whole of Provence away to those religious nutters!" Patrick Melrose smiled wanly.
If a state employee sitting on a bid committee votes to award a state contract to a political contributor of the governor, has she deprived the state of "honest services" because such a vote might benefit her career?
During this time, she deprived herself of makeup, deodorant and soap, but still allowed herself to use hand soap.
When she passed away of alcohol poisoning at the age of 27, she deprived the world of a truly gifted pop phenom.
