Sentence examples for the 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.
And the deserving cause was?
She is tough, she says, but compassionate to the deserving.
Of course Olivia Pope & Associates does punish villains and reward the deserving.
Arguments about the "deserving" and "undeserving" poor characterised the poor law from its earliest days.
Now we appear to have the "deserving benefits claimant" and "undeserving benefits claimant".
Mention the deserving author's worshipful admiration for the recipient of this letter.
Clegg's obsession with internship recalls Victorian philanthropy funding apprenticeships for the "deserving" workhouse poor.
She brushed aside the distinction between the "deserving" and the "undeserving" poor, and that between legal and illegal residents.
"I think the deserving thing is to say he's the starter going into next year," Savage said.
This is to say nothing of the deserving attention it has given to these long-neglected individuals.
To Alabama's attorney general, Bill Pryor, that process ensures that voting privileges are accorded to the deserving.
