How to Use deprive in a Sentence

deprive

verb
  • But none of this deprives the woman of the right to do so.
    — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 12 June 2024
  • Edtech won't be the one that deprives people of that; quite the contrary.
    — Oleksandr Mykolaienko, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
  • And to deprive her of that in latex would have been a mistake.
    — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Jan. 2024
  • And yet the seller had chosen to deprive him of this one small piece of his home.
    — Joshua Hunt, Curbed, 21 Oct. 2021
  • Why deprive him of the most treasured of all pitchers’ dreams?
    — Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2022
  • Right now, deprive yours of water and let the foliage die back.
    — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Oct. 2020
  • The cataracts allow in light and dark but deprive the child of all detailed vision.
    — Quanta Magazine, 24 Mar. 2020
  • At the very least, this could be used to deprive Ukraine of valuable transit fees.
    — David Meyer, Fortune, 8 Feb. 2022
  • Some workers and labor groups say the law deprives them of such rights as sick leave.
    — Harold Maass, The Week, 14 Mar. 2023
  • The way to tamp down any dumpster fire is to deprive it of fuel and oxygen.
    — Amy Dickinson, chicagotribune.com, 16 Aug. 2020
  • The way to tamp down any dumpster fire is to deprive it of fuel and oxygen.
    — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2020
  • The way to tamp down any dumpster fire is to deprive it of fuel and oxygen.
    — Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 16 Aug. 2020
  • The plan to deprive the Kremlin of a key source of revenue will have to be approved by the bloc's 27 member states.
    — NBC News, 4 May 2022
  • Amy says: The way to tamp down any dumpster fire is to deprive it of fuel and oxygen.
    — Amy Dickinson, Star Tribune, 14 Aug. 2020
  • The abuser may deprive you of a phone or car, or try to prevent you from holding a job.
    — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 9 July 2021
  • The fall of Mariupol would deprive Ukraine of a vital port.
    — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 7 May 2022
  • This was the latest attempt to deprive the Igbo of resources on their land.
    — Wired, 1 Sep. 2021
  • This is when a blood clot travels to the brain and interrupts blood flow and deprives the brain of oxygen.
    — Laura Hensley, Verywell Health, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Trump's drawdown would deprive the U.S. and the Afghan government of leverage in those talks.
    — Star Tribune, 21 Nov. 2020
  • Fine, but that also deprives climbers of a source of income and support.
    — Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2020
  • And who in their right mind would want to deprive these hardworking people of that?
    — Claudia Eller, Variety, 6 Oct. 2021
  • Bach is hyper-sensitive to the prospect of depriving athletes of the chance to compete at the Olympics.
    — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2020
  • Opponents have argued that the bill deprives the accused of due process.
    — Ian Crouch, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2025
  • In Monday night's episode, the remaining 42 singers, sleep deprived from overnight rehearsals, paired up for the head-to-head round.
    — Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2025
  • The decision to deprive him of his writing tools can be a step to further isolate him.
    — Ivan Nechepurenko, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2023
  • Foods that nourish rather than deprive the body are needed now more than ever.
    — Anna Haines, Forbes, 10 June 2021
  • Disney then passed measures to deprive the new board of its power for decades.
    — Grace Hauck, USA TODAY, 11 June 2023
  • Saddam Hussein had deprived the Shiites of what was something of a holy land to them.
    — Aatish Taseer, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
  • But saturating the soil can deprive the roots of oxygen.
    — Devonne Goode, Parents, 5 May 2025
  • To achieve peace through strength, Treasury will continue to take all available measures to deprive Iran's access to resources necessary to advance its missile program.
    — Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Apr. 2025

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