had deserved
- past perfect of deserve.
Example Sentences
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Spain midfielder Rodri claimed the prestigious honour ahead of the Brazil winger last October, with Real boycotting the ceremony in Paris because they felt their player had deserved the award.
From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2025
Within 48 business hours of their intervention, a FedEx driver handed me an envelope with the money I had deserved to get months before.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 23, 2023
He also waged a legal battle against his former employer, saying he had deserved more compensation.
From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2020
That up until the moment that she became famous, the painter and her life’s work had deserved to be lost, left unrecorded.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 3, 2019
They felt that Odysseus had deserved better at their hands and Zeus spoke for them all when he said they must put their heads together and contrive a way for him to return.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
