Wondering how to use Deserved in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as merited or condign.
Deserved meaning
fair; merited.
Using Deserved
- The main meaning on this page is: fair; merited.
- Useful related words include: merited, condign, unmerited.
- In the example corpus, deserved often appears in combinations such as: deserved to, he deserved, and deserved.
Context around Deserved
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 8 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Deserved
- In this selection, "deserved" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 22.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, equally, conservatives, lagrange, losing, winners and front stand out and add context to how "deserved" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 3a and deserved winners but and after well deserved backlash from. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "deserved" sits close to words such as boasts, flavor and rays, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with deserved
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A bump-up in pay grade is deserved. (8 words)
According to him: “This Victory is well deserved. (8 words)
Conservatives deserved to lose but Labour also deserved to win. (10 words)
With its online cohorts, American Media Inc. helped build a distortion machine that so polluted election news cycles that, for its more receptive audiences, Mrs. Clinton not only deserved to lose the White House, she deserved time in the big house. (41 words)
After what felt like an eternity, Tufan grabbed his second of the game when he powered in the net to earn City a draw in the most dramatic of fashions, the very least they deserved in a chaotic, breathless, Championship encounter. (41 words)
Amidst the bloodshed, it’s difficult to narrow down just one particular standout death, though the end of Lee Do-il (Jang Dong-yoon), the mastermind of the entire escape, feels more deserved than most. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
It gave the never-say-die London Scottish a deserved losing bonus point, whilst the Cornish Pirates equally deserved their victory.
Conservatives deserved to lose but Labour also deserved to win.
Take nothing away from the Jefferson Dragons, who are an elite team in 3A and deserved winners, but simply put, LaGrange deserved a chance at a two-point conversion to force overtime.
Incredibly, the editors at the decided this information deserved a 75-word brief in the bottom corner of page 15. While Canada’s paper of record buried the story, it deserved front-page attention.
Some fans agreed that he deserved it; others were complaining it was not fair and that someone else deserved it.
The press gave me a hard time over the years, some deserved, some not so deserved.
With its online cohorts, American Media Inc. helped build a distortion machine that so polluted election news cycles that, for its more receptive audiences, Mrs. Clinton not only deserved to lose the White House, she deserved time in the big house.
A bump-up in pay grade is deserved.
According to him: “This Victory is well deserved.
After six-and-a-half years and in excess of 200 games, the former England man has been an excellent servant and deserved his send-off.
After the hearing, Newman commented that Woodhead deserved an even worse sentence.
After the show, he lost even more weight and became the husband his wife deserved.
After well-deserved backlash from the public and privacy experts, the service eventually walked back that decision just a few weeks later.
After what felt like an eternity, Tufan grabbed his second of the game when he powered in the net to earn City a draw in the most dramatic of fashions, the very least they deserved in a chaotic, breathless, Championship encounter.
ALL those businesses that no longer accept cash for transactions got what they deserved in the Optus break.
A member of his church felt he deserved a better life and recommended him to MoM for a house.
Amidst the bloodshed, it’s difficult to narrow down just one particular standout death, though the end of Lee Do-il (Jang Dong-yoon), the mastermind of the entire escape, feels more deserved than most.
And all the publicity that each event gets is well-deserved and accolades should be heaped upon all the organizers, volunteers and participants for making each event successful.
And by the time episode seven came along, everybody finally got the ending that they deserved.
And in Kelly vs. United States, the court spared the aides behind former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s Bridgegate scandal the prison term a jury thought they richly deserved.
Common combinations with deserved
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- deserved to 28×
- he deserved 14×
- and deserved 11×
- they deserved 11×
- well deserved 10×
- deserved it 8×
- deserved the 7×
- deserved win 7×
- deserved their 6×
- deserved better 5×