deserve
[dɪˈzɜːrv]
Definition:
1. Be worthy or deserving.
'deserve' example sentence:
- Two of the losers deserve special mention: Caroline Swaithes, of Kingston, and Maria Pons, of Valley Stream.
- If you feel you deserve a significant raise in pay, you'll probably have to ask for it.
- He deserves to be locked up for ever for what he did.
- She has achieved a prominence she hardly deserves.
- His children's books are classics that deserve to be much better known.
- I'm talking about those who consistently believe they deserve special treatment and generous rewards.
- His views may be unfashionable but he deserves a hearing.
- Because of her "improvement" theory, I got a lower grade than I deserve.
- You deserve the honor.
- Let's say you feel like you're asking your boss for something very simple, something you deserve.
- You don't deserve to have such true and loyal friends, Toad, you don't, really.
- Government officials clearly deserve some of the blame as well.
- Conchita did not deserve the vilification she had been subjected to.
- The money saved could be used for more deserving causes.
- One good turn deserves another.
- These criminals deserve to be horse-whipped.
- It gave me heart to see one thug get what he deserves.
- It was hard to say why the man deserved such shabby treatment.
- He's a player who rarely seems to get the credit he deserves.
- They do deserve such indulgences.
- In her day she never received the critical acclaim she deserved.
- Some people may feel that their work is less valuable than others' and do not deserve acknowledgment.
- Don't you get better treatment than you deserve?
- The proposals deserve support as the needs of children should be given priority to.
- You must be able to demonstrate that you deserve a raise.
- I don't think I deserve to be made the scapegoat for a couple of bad results.
- Let your children earn the grade they deserve.
- The proposals deserve support as they give priority to the needs of children.
- If you do wrong, you deserve severe punishment.
- I shall treat that suggestion with the contempt it deserves.
- "Corbiere didn't deserve this," she said enigmatically.
- Don't waste your sympathy on him ─ he got what he deserved.
- They deserve our praise and thanks.
- You deserve a reward for being so helpful.
- His exercise books were full of well deserved red ticks.
- Those who seek to grab power through violence deserve punishment.
- This family is one of the most deserving cases.
- The whole team was on good form and deserved the win.
- He said I must have done something bad to deserve it.
- One of them said the two dead joy riders got what they deserved.
- What have I done to deserve this?
- This new comedy deserves a warm welcome.
- They didn't deserve to win.
- These proposals deserve careful study.
- The players deserve a pat on the back.
- He deserves a pat on the back for all his hard work.
- He was so compassionate and thoughtful that it made me feel like I didn't deserve him.
- It was a question which deserved serious consideration.
- One player in particular deserves a mention.
- Spain attacked more in the second half and deserved a goal.
- These people deserve to make more than the minimum wage.
- You deserve a rest after all that hard work.
- The report deserves careful consideration.
- Richard deserves special mention for all the help he gave us.