deprive
verb (used with object)
to remove or withhold something from the enjoyment or possession of (a person or persons).
was depriving
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past progressiveof deprive.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Mr. Pereira told Phillips about the challenges of working with a government that was depriving the agency of critical resources.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 18, 2022
But the lack of addresses was depriving those living in the slums a chance to get out of them.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 26, 2020
For one thing, I was depriving myself of the pleasures of my mother’s cooking.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 18, 2019
Merrell executives had been insisting that “I was depriving people of this thing,” she said in the recent interview.
From New York Times ● Sep. 14, 2010
Now, to disembark these ingots at the port of Vigo was depriving them of their rights.
From Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea by Jules Verne
