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Example sentences for: deserved

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No one deserved to beat Armstrong this year," said the second-place cyclist, Alex Zuelle.
It is also true that while Ben's mother certainly deserved to share in his father's largess, Ben and any other siblings were merely members of the "lucky sperm club."
Cowboy-haters insinuated that they deserved it.
The portrait may well be accurate--Naipaul is not a writer with a reputation for warmheartedness--but all that can be concluded from the exercise is that, at best, one monster deserved the other.
Another letter in the same newspaper said Clinton deserved "a pat on the back" for his visit to Africa, which, it explained, ought to help "refocus world opinion, and especially that of corporate America, on Africa as a paradise for investment."