Example Sentences

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Today, my happiness and my comfort – being able to love myself and see I am deserving of love – really matter to me.

From The Guardian • Oct. 29, 2017

“I am deserving of everything you said,” August said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2017

I would say that I am deserving of a chance to fight Cassius Clay for the heavyweight title.

From Time Magazine Archive

I come out under a first-rate chaperon, and at once am established into the regions of fashion—Prove that I am deserving of my promotion.

From Japhet, in Search of a Father by Marryat, Frederick

"Don't you feel that I am deserving of a little enlightenment?" he asked.

From Green Fancy by McCutcheon, George Barr