Example Sentences

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Do not tell your husband, Persephone, or he will complain to Zeus that I am depriving him of his population.

From Hypolympia Or, The Gods in the Island, an Ironic Fantasy by Gosse, Edmund

Since you are so afraid that by taking this scholarship I am depriving someone else of an education, I know a way out.

From Daddy-Long-Legs by Webster, Jean

Now I shan't feel I am depriving the other people!

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, July 19, 1890 by Various

In five minutes I shall be in the saddle, unless I am depriving any worthy gentleman here of the honour of the adventure, which I wouldn't do for the world.'

From Master Humphrey's Clock by Dickens, Charles

I am depriving your future bride of the pleasure of furnishing her own house, and that's what all brides like better than anything.

From Viola Gwyn by McCutcheon, George Barr