How to Use deprive in a Sentence

deprive

verb
Definition of deprivenext
Synonyms for deprivenext
  • Next, cover the affected ground with impermeable plastic to solarize the roots and deprive them of sun and water.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 14 Aug. 2022
  • That eliminates the risk that their movies will collapse at the box office, which would theoretically deprive them of all those bonuses.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 21 July 2022
  • In the other, the desire of the people of Mississippi to deprive women of the right to abort their pregnancies is just, well, the people’s choice.
    — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 6 July 2022
  • Authorities discovered that the children had been subjected to torture and abuse by their parents, who would deprive them of food, sleep, hygiene and healthcare.
    — Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2022
  • That has slowed down production, depriving airlines of more fuel-efficient planes and angering some executives along the way.
    — Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 30 July 2024
  • Even if the trustee did not fight Hamas directly, its presence would deprive the group of tax revenue and any legitimacy that comes from governing territory.
    — Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs, 30 July 2024
  • Softening export growth would deprive China’s struggling economy of a major engine that has propelled the country since the start of the pandemic.
    — Stella Yifan Xie, WSJ, 7 Aug. 2022
  • The inflated figures provided to Congress deprive those making funding decisions of knowing the true scope of the challenge, experts say.
    — Adiel Kaplan, NBC News, 9 Aug. 2022
  • 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
  • Some workers and labor groups say the law deprives them of such rights as sick leave.
    — Harold Maass, The Week, 14 Mar. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • At the same time, the brain sends a signal to send less blood to the kidneys to stop losing liquid through urine, which deprives the kidneys of oxygen.
    — Annie Gowen, Niko Kommenda and Saiyna Bashir, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Doe’s suit, filed in 2021, alleged that the singer, whose real name is Brian Warner, raped her and deprived her of food, sleep, and a sense of safety.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2023
  • In depleting the Su-34 fleet, and fast, the Ukrainians deprive the Russians of their best precision bomber.
    — David Axe, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
  • So there really was no excuse to deprive her of a best actress nod.
    — Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Nov. 2022
  • That has deprived local residents of a key source of protein.
    — Bydennis Normile, science.org, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Poland is pushing for a lower cap to deprive Russia of more of the oil revenues that are helping to finance its war in Ukraine.
    — Carol Ryan, WSJ, 1 Dec. 2022
  • Second, there are lots of plants that are active even when their owners deprive them of light during the winter months.
    — Jeff Lowenfels | Alaska Gardening and Growing, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Against notrump, the defense can prevail in two ways: by setting up a long suit or by depriving declarer of a source of tricks.
    — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2024
  • The sentence was related to a years-long scheme that deprived Stergo's victim of more than $2.8 million.
    — David Chiu, Peoplemag, 28 July 2023
  • Landis did not deprive the museums of funds, only their pride.
    — Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2022
  • The charges include defrauding the United States and depriving the rights of Americans to have their votes count.
    — ABC News, 6 Aug. 2023
  • In 2010, he was convicted of depriving her of her civil rights under the color of law.
    — Nate Jones, Washington Post, 14 May 2024
  • The crisis in the property market — which resulted in a sharp drop in land sales — deprived them of a major revenue source.
    — Laura He, CNN, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Black Sheep also accused UMG of paying smaller amounts to its artists and depriving them of stock due to them per their contracts.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 22 Nov. 2023

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