How to Use deprive of in a Sentence

deprive of

phrasal verb
Definition of deprive ofnext
  • And that was something that I was deprived of for so long.
    — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 25 July 2023
  • Gazans are deprived of their most basic needs and long for the simple pleasures of life.
    — Szu Yu Chen, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2023
  • The mug shot is the antithesis of a selfie, the subject deprived of control.
    — Karen Heller, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2023
  • The couples who sought redress in the courts have not been deprived of a pet or a motorcycle, but of a child.
    — The Editors, National Review, 23 Feb. 2024
  • These bites turn necrotic, meaning blood flow gets shut down around the bite and cells that are deprived of oxygen start to die.
    — Anna Nordseth, Discover Magazine, 27 July 2023
  • And the public as a whole has been deprived of the benefits of open and fair and free competition.
    — Kevin Collier, NBC News, 26 Sep. 2023
  • And we were deprived of music from Normani for nearly two years.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 22 Feb. 2024
  • The heart and the kidneys can become deprived of blood and oxygen, leading to kidney failure.
    — Noah Weiland, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2023
  • His petition alleged he’s been deprived of the rights to his name, image and likeness.
    — Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Oct. 2023
  • But over the years, Something Corporate fans weren't entirely deprived of the band's pop-punk charm.
    — Ilana Kaplan, Peoplemag, 20 June 2024
  • Cut off from the mainland by miles of ocean, deprived of their phones, and unable to contact the crew that brought them there, the group must band together for survival.
    — Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Body of knowledge When deprived of oxygen, brain cells start to die within five minutes.
    — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 July 2023
  • And, as if to compound the challenge, the Aces were also deprived of the seasoned Candace Parker, who had foot surgery in late July.
    — Shelby Stewart, Essence, 27 Oct. 2023
  • My mother gives an exaggerated sigh and looks down like a child who has been deprived of a toy.
    — Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2024
  • Black women have long been deprived of safety and agency over their bodies in real life and on screen.
    — Essence, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Barbara doesn’t want to linger, to live in pain, to be deprived of her senses after being deprived of oxygen.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 21 June 2023
  • The sister, who was five at the time of Deshaun’s death, didn’t speak for three years after watching her brothers get deprived of food and get put in the closet, Roof explained.
    — Miguel Torres, The Arizona Republic, 27 July 2023
  • But through the years of agony that Celie endures, she is desperately deprived of contact with Nettie.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Therefore, viewers were deprived of enjoying 37 more days of her singing.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Towns and cities — including Kryvyi Rih, an iron ore mining and steel smelting hub — were deprived of drinking water, which had been drawn from the reservoir.
    — Maria Varenikova Mauricio Lima, New York Times, 7 June 2023
  • But when Trump refused to show up to debates, Christie was deprived of that opportunity.
    — Philip Klein, National Review, 10 Jan. 2024
  • They were confined to tunnels and deprived of food, light, bathing and medical attention.
    — WSJ, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Just as the body will suffer when it’s deprived of food, the brain begins to suffer when it’s deprived of sensory information.
    — João Medeiros, WIRED, 25 June 2024
  • The number of Americans feeling deprived of vacation time is at an 11-year high of 65%, according to the survey.
    — Alvaro Vargas Llosa, Fortune, 24 June 2024
  • They were allegedly deprived of adequate hygienic care and food in the shed that had no windows, no beds, or a single table and chair.
    — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 4 Oct. 2023
  • No one who thinks the Pals have been wrongly deprived of their land is going to change their view because Hamas killed X number of people including civilians.
    — Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 31 Oct. 2023
  • There, he was subjected to electric shocks, beaten with a baton-like instrument, deprived of food and sleep, stripped naked, forcibly shaved, and threatened with dogs and death, the complaint read.
    — Mallory Moench, TIME, 14 Apr. 2024
  • His petition, filed in on Monday in Tennessee probate court, alleges he’s been deprived of the rights to his name, image and likeness.
    — Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Still, Japanese employees feel the least deprived of vacations.
    — Beth Greenfield, Fortune Europe, 1 July 2024
  • Still, the battle was a deeply damaging one — and likely to leave Macron, deprived of a parliamentary plurality, a diminished figure in global affairs, including causes such as championing Ukraine and fighting climate change.
    — Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2024

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