were deserving
- past progressive of deserve.
Example Sentences
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Doctors were the ones who had refused to act reasonably and denied help to the patients that the court thought were deserving, like Amanda Zurawski herself.
From Slate ● Jun. 3, 2024
They were deserving winners 18 months ago in Australia and probably should have won the tournament the year before in the UAE.
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2024
They still earned a spot in the CFP bracket and as Saturday’s win over Michigan proved, they were deserving.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 1, 2023
He declared that scientists and intellectuals were deserving of respect because modernization could not proceed without their contributions.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
She was as industrious as an ant, and in the highest degree helpful to those who were deserving of help, but less merciful than Lafontaine's ants were to thoughtless crickets and their fellows.
From The Home by Howitt, Mary (Mary Botham)
