Sentence examples for was deprived from inspiring English sources

"was deprived" is a grammatically correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It is typically used to indicate that someone or something was not able to have or experience something that they should have had or deserved. Example: The poor cat was deprived of food, as her owner had forgotten to feed her for several days.

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was deprived

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To take something away (and keep it away); deny someone of something.

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Defeated, he was deprived of his chieftainship.

Gavell, unfortunately, was deprived of that moment.

Curiously, however, he thought he was deprived.

Sleep was deprived during the second 24 h.

On November 6 he was deprived of his dukedom.

By contrast, he was deprived the title of Nobel laureate.

He was deprived of his passport for 10 years.

Consequently, he was deprived of his bishopric in 1690.

I was deprived of my family, my face disfigured".

In two hours, she was deprived of her fertility.

In December 2007 Hilal Al-Jedda was deprived of citizenship.

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