How to Use deserve in a Sentence

deserve

verb
  • No one deserves to lose his home.
    — Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Providers deserve to be paid on time.
    — Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Your brand deserves to be in those aisles.
    — Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Billups deserves his day in court.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 23 Oct. 2025
  • No one deserves to end a week like that.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Our friend deserved to be the state bird.
    — Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2026
  • No one deserves to live through war — no one.
    — Roberto Prieto, Variety, 14 May 2026
  • This menu deserves its own post-nosh nap.
    — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 31 Jan. 2026
  • This old-school recipe deserves to be brought back.
    — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Rafaela's award was well-deserved.
    — Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
  • So yeah, Sabres fans deserve some love.
    — Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • But all of the people in that room deserve to be in that room.
    — Rachel Handler, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2026
  • There were many people who won who deserved to win, right?
    — Anna Tingley, Variety, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Those are the kind of odds that deserve a boost in the form of a big-time trade.
    — Chad Graff, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Did not deserve, like anyone, to end like that.
    — Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Some will be back in the next session — and deserve to pass.
    — Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 4 Sep. 2025
  • This cake is dressed to impress and deserves to be baked from scratch.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2025
  • It's been a long time coming, and well deserved.
    — Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Not the public, who deserve the truth.
    — Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Not the public, who deserve the truth.
    — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Their stories deserve to be told too.
    — Dr. Joseph D'orazio, CNBC, 9 Apr. 2026
  • And that, to me, deserves that face-to-face contact.
    — Charlie Lapastora, CBS News, 19 June 2026
  • Newsom doesn’t deserve all of the blame.
    — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Each man deserves to have his day in court, and both dispute the charges.
    — Dallas Morning News, Twin Cities, 22 May 2024
  • The secret deserves to be shared.
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
  • If dogs and cats deserve good lives, why not cows, pigs, and chickens?
    — Ben Goldfarb, The Atlantic, 18 Apr. 2024
  • The survivors deserve to be heard.
    — Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2026
  • But these pundits deserve no amnesty.
    — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Or, plant a gun on a lowlife who deserved it and the world's a better place.
    — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
  • Both late critics deserve their plinths.
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 6 Mar. 2026

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