Sample Sentences for
deprive
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    The court ruling deprived him of custody of his children.
    deprived = stripped (took away from)
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    For this I had deprived myself of rest and health.  (source)
    deprived = gone without something needed
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    Their fingers on the triggers, they did not deprive themselves of the pleasure.†  (source)
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    Why are they deprived of school and a peaceful environment?†  (source)
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    To deprive the Bird of the pleasure of seeing them miserable, the men made a point of being jolly.†  (source)
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    Most of her life, she'd been denied the joy of giving gifts, a deprivation few understand.†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
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    Mr. Sir was no longer depriving him of water.†  (source)
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    Communism deprives no man of the power to appropriate the products of society; all that it does is to deprive him of the power to subjugate the labour of others by means of such appropriation.†  (source)
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    Ours can be a life of trials and deprivations.†  (source)
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    But today, just the simple handshakes we shared was a welcome addition to my sensory deprived life.†  (source)
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    "I would never deprive you of the chance to prove your heroism!" the thunder god said.†  (source)
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    Above all, the life of a hunter carries with it the threat of deprivation and death by starvation.†  (source)
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    Depriving us of clean water would be an excellent way to wipe us out quickly.†  (source)
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