deprive
verb (used with object)
to remove or withhold something from the enjoyment or possession of (a person or persons).
has been depriving
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present perfect progressiveof deprive (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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"This is the first, full Steven Spielberg musical, and it seems he has been depriving himself and us all," wrote Empire's Helen O-Hara.
From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2021
This is a vexation to me, because it has been depriving you, in the very prime of your life, of pleasures which it was your duty to procure.
From Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends by John Keats
She has been depriving herself of half her proper food every day during this famine.
From Romola by George Eliot
