How to Use deprivation in a Sentence

deprivation

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  • She is studying the effects of sleep deprivation.
  • She eventually overcame the deprivations of her childhood.
  • Save for sleep deprivation, this worked incredibly well.
    — John Shufeldt, Forbes, 10 June 2022
  • Max’s mind using her psychic powers in a makeshift sensory deprivation tank.
    — Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 2 July 2022
  • For starters, sleep deprivation leads to an accumulation of what scientists call sleep debt.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 13 July 2022
  • Studies also suggest that even a little sleep deprivation harms the immune system.
    — Janosch Deeg, Scientific American, 19 July 2022
  • Within a few days, the men were exhibiting the kind of paranoia and psychosis that is a typical symptom of sleep deprivation.
    — Emilia Benton, Men's Health, 28 July 2022
  • Kroese and her co-authors recommended raising awareness of the consequences of sleep deprivation for health and well-being.
    — Janosch Deeg, Scientific American, 19 July 2022
  • The actors lived in the woods for eight days, faced hunger, sleep deprivation and constant stress, all of which were intended to push them to their limits and unearth authentic reactions.
    — Maddie Garfinkle, Peoplemag, 30 July 2024
  • As if chronic sleep deprivation isn't scary enough, this 1999 film follows three insomniacs who agree to sleep in a haunted mansion as part of a sleep study.
    — Alesandra Dubin, Good Housekeeping, 30 June 2022
  • There is a tremendous opportunity to look at doing this in all the other states; teen sleep deprivation is not just a California issue.
    — Matt Villano, CNN, 7 June 2022
  • Experts say that chronic sleep deprivation among teenagers has been linked to worse academic performance and mental and physical health problems, as well as substance abuse and drowsy driving.
    — Soumya Karlamangla, BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2022
  • But societal factors also contribute to teens’ chronic sleep deprivation.
    — Lisa L. Lewis, The Atlantic, 8 June 2022
  • It’s a comforting, frictionless environment, a sensory deprivation tank with not much more to ponder than your innermost desires.
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 22 June 2022
  • If convicted of deprivation of rights, the men could face up to life in prison on those two counts alone.
    — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 13 Sep. 2023
  • But the way that there's been mass arrests, there's been a real deprivation of due process, like that's got to end.
    — Hunter Woodall, CBS News, 5 Jan. 2024
  • Months of deprivation had sapped people’s wills to fight on.
    — Ivan Nechepurenko Nanna Heitmann, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Hayes watched in awe as his children — three sons and three daughters, ages 7 to 17 — didn't seem to notice the deprivations.
    — Nancy Kruh, Peoplemag, 18 Apr. 2023
  • There’s more spring training rust and sleep deprivation to shake.
    — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Mar. 2024
  • The Magic are among the few NBA teams equipped with a sensory-deprivation pod that helps heal a player’s mind and body.
    — Matt Murschel, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Sep. 2022
  • Bias pleaded guilty in March to one count of deprivation of rights under color of law.
    — Jenny Gathright, Washington Post, 28 June 2024
  • Nighttime fears can lead to sleep deprivation, of course.
    — Daryl Austin, Parents, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Chill out in a sensory-deprivation float tank at Float Factor to slow your heart rate a bit.
    — Kathryn Romeyn, Men's Health, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Here is a tale about deprivation which stomps on the delicate vessel of the trauma plot.
    — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2022
  • Strict deprivation, on the other hand, leads only to despair and binges.
    — Lucy Alexander, Robb Report, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Shaw then pleaded guilty to two counts of deprivation of rights under color of law as part of a plea agreement.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Until recently, the record holder for sleep deprivation was the African elephant, some of which can get by with about two hours of sleep a day.
    — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 28 Aug. 2023
  • The jury deadlocked on the charge of deprivation of civil rights under color of law.
    — Camilo Fonseca, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Most of the other people portrayed in the film are impelled by fear, deprivation and love of family.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Long-term sleep deprivation can also increase someone’s chances of having a heart attack or stroke.
    — Jamie Friedlander Serrano, TIME, 2 July 2024

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