Sentence examples for the deserved 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.
I think we are the deserved winners.
Goals from Ricardo Fuller and Richard Chaplow secured the deserved 2-0 win.
The safety car neutralised Rosberg's pole advantage and revived Ricciardo, who was the deserved winner.
Few would describe Johnson as a details man – the deserved reputation of his predecessor, Philip Hammond.
Helen Marten was the deserved winner of this year's Turner prize.
"I think by the two games we are the deserved winner.
The following year, the signoria conferred upon him the deserved title of Pater Patriae (Father of His Country).
Saracens are distraught but Northampton are the deserved Premiership Champions for the first time in their history.
Aaron Ramsey and Gareth Bale have taken the deserved headlines but Allen's efforts have not gone unnoticed.
By then, however, Everton had the deserved cushion of a two-goal lead courtesy of an outstanding goal from Lukaku.
From the deserved contempt for the international sportocrats to the less admirable snobbery of the "Sportsball" knockers.
