How to Use deserve in a Sentence

deserve

verb
  • Your cold toes deserve the comfort of the best bath mats.
    Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 4 Mar. 2024
  • As a player and a person, Diego deserves that and more.
    oregonlive, 12 July 2023
  • The folks who’ve made it onto this list deserve a big round of applause.
    Andrew Wallenstein, Variety, 19 Dec. 2023
  • The seniors deserve the right to go and try to win every football game.
    Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic, 28 Aug. 2023
  • And the people performing that work deserve to have a voice.
    Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Still, Biskind’s book more than deserves its place on our list of the best Hollywood books.
    David Kipen, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
  • As the minutes tick by, Kane is forced to consider whether the town even deserves to be saved.
    Danny Horn, EW.com, 9 Apr. 2024
  • The past year+ had brought me more gifts than any one person ever deserves.
    Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 29 Oct. 2023
  • No one deserves it more … for a lifetime of brilliant work.
    Clare Fisher, Peoplemag, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Channel 4 chair Ian Cheshire said the bonuses were deserved.
    K.j. Yossman, Variety, 12 July 2023
  • That said, even the most timeless pieces deserve an update every now and then.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 17 Dec. 2023
  • Biden will say the deal deserves scrutiny but will stop short of saying it should be blocked.
    Alan Murray, Fortune, 14 Mar. 2024
  • The families of the victims, those who were injured, and the people of Maine and the nation deserve nothing less.
    Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 9 Nov. 2023
  • As a guy who grew up there, the fans in that area deserve something better for a stadium.
    Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 11 June 2023
  • This moment hurts for us, too, but no one deserves to endure all this, Puff.
    Tiffany Red, Rolling Stone, 7 Dec. 2023
  • Coach Case deserves the credit for the recruitment of Labaron.
    Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 7 Apr. 2024
  • There are voices in these reports that deserve a stage.
    Pedro Rios, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2023
  • That’s not to say that all uses of AI deserve criticism.
    WIRED, 23 June 2023
  • Many artists have deserved glory, but few of them had Elaine de Kooning for a babysitter.
    Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2024
  • People deserve to be happy and healthy in their weight loss journeys.
    Lisa Shah, STAT, 28 Mar. 2024
  • The writers deserve a tremendous amount of credit for taking this big swing.
    Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 30 Aug. 2023
  • But Reynolds said her colleagues deserved more pay and recognition for their work.
    Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Surely anyone who was dumb enough to put a recording like that out into the world deserved what was coming to her.
    Amy Kaufman, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Read on to find out why readers think this resort continues to deserve its gold medal.
    Jalyn Robinson, Travel + Leisure, 11 July 2023
  • First of all, our tester noted that the overall quality deserved top marks because of the shape of the brush heads and the five different brush features.
    Danielle Zoellner, Verywell Health, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Your furry best friend deserves to have delicious food just like you.
    Jamie Spain, Good Housekeeping, 29 June 2023
  • After starring in seven games (and several spin-offs) over the past two decades, Kiryu deserves a break.
    Reid McCarter, WIRED, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Resist the urge to follow fleeting fads; your wedding proposal deserves to be as one-of-a-kind as your love.
    Boutayna Chokrane, Vogue, 20 Nov. 2023
  • As for the music, Ty deserves a ton of credit for steering the ship at times and keeping Ye from going creatively off the rails on some tracks.
    Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 21 Feb. 2024
  • That show has so many excellent episodes that almost stand on their own in terms of themes; each one deserves to be taken and savored.
    Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 26 June 2023

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