deprive
verb (used with object)
to remove or withhold something from the enjoyment or possession of (a person or persons).
will be depriving
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future progressiveof deprive.future progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that will be taking place in the future.
Example Sentences
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"Nowadays, if I do that for someone, I will be depriving myself of food I need at home."
From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2022
And even if we take an honest married woman, we will be depriving a child of its mother and inflicting an injury upon a being that we do not even know.
From On the Heights A Novel by Berthold Auerbach
“You have only one son now,” they said, “and have a fair income, and you will be depriving him perhaps of a brilliant career if you keep him here.”
From The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
