Example sentences for: deprives

How can you use “deprives” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • He is clearly the villain of the piece, a man who deprives his daughter of happiness not simply because he believes Townsend intends to, but because he feels that unhappiness is her due.

  • To say that one person kills another is to say that the first deprives the second of life; but to say that a person murders another is to say the depriving is unjustified.

  • It's unfortunate that the Supreme Court voided the referendum, because it deprives voters of the opportunity to throw out the poker industry themselves.

  • Third, it deprives us of all physical pleasures.

  • The injury deprives Ewing of his last best chance to play for the NBA championship, which he has never won during his 14-year career.


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