well-deserved
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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“I think we got the seed that we got, and everything that is well deserved for us and that we’ve worked hard for, everything that we’ve done so far. So I’m excited.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2026
Not bad for passive income and well deserved after more than four decades of work.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 13, 2026
She described the centre as being "admired as one of the best brutalist buildings in the world" and said the decision to grant Grade II status "is obviously very well deserved and long overdue".
From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026
Crawley brought up a well deserved 50 and with an uncharacteristically subdued Brook began a rebuild before his partner badly mistimed a reverse sweep and was bowled by a classic Lyon off-break.
From Barron's • Dec. 20, 2025
It was his cousin Cletus who had started calling him the big man, but the name was well deserved.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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