How To Use Deprive In A Sentence

Nutritionally deprived children experience more health problems than food-secure children including anemia, weight loss, colds, and infections.
It was not to deprive, to disenfranchise people.
They also deprive Australian livestock of food by scouring the cultivated rangelands, which also facilitates erosion.
It has become axiomatic in this country that children from deprived areas are destined to fail educationally.
Dio Cassius can scarcely be mistaken when he says that Tyre and Sidon were "enslaved" -- i.e. deprived of freedom -- by Augustus, [14477] who must certainly have revoked the privilege originally granted by Pompey. History of Phoenicia

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This year is the centennial for a treaty under which Japan deprived Korea of its power to conduct foreign affairs, a prelude to Japan's annexation of the Korean Peninsula in 1910.
I asked him if he felt emotionally or materially deprived because there were no more dinosaurs or brontosauruses -'And what did he say? YESTERDAY'S SHADOW
In an act of petty vindictiveness she was deprived of the title of Her Royal Highness.
In the oxygen-deprived nightmare that is Nordic skiing, it helps to be a freak of nature.
If that is the case, my client was deprived of the chance of an acquittal on the murder count.
But that doesn't excuse the tribalism from the people with my skin color who want to deprive honest and hardworking people of the chance to make it in a free society because they don't happen to have a high-IQ. A Childish Question About Immigration, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
Defy the tempest & the storm deride is not in the original nor is it good. ποθος [19] is hardly fierce desire — & all such expressions of ram-cat raptures are bad. by the by she a dark lanthern might have deprived us of this poem. your storm is very good — zounds I sweat at the bare idea of the Letter 138
He said he was beaten with an axe handle or cane, deprived of sleep, and struck on the soles of his feet until they were covered in blisters.
December 7, a municipal, at the head of a deputation from the Commune, came to read to the king a decree which ordered him to take from the prisoners "knives, razors, scissors, penknives, and all other sharp instruments of which prisoners presumed criminal are deprived; and to make a most minute search of their persons and of their apartments. The Ruin of a Princess
A clot or bleeding deprives parts of the brain of blood, causing numbness, paralysis or speech loss. The Sun
When motivation flags, bailing out doesn't just deep-six the goal, it deprives you of what you really need, the gratification of having moved forward. Joe Robinson: Don't Give Up: Why Effort Is The Key To Satisfaction
His exhibition, Senseless, depicts the effects of what happens when people are deprived of the five senses.
And the problem is worse in the more deprived areas of the country. The Sun
The point of the apophthegm is that after drinking wine he deprived himself of water until he got ill, a point lost by the translation here.
She may feel indignant but it's really unfair to deprive your daughter of loving grandparents. The Sun
To do that would simply deprive many people of the opportunity of a better environment.
One is that our supporters, they feel that their constitutional rights to elect the president has been deprived simply because the election fraud.
The political contretemps is, however, in danger of diverting attention from the delivery of houses, electricity, water and sanitation to the millions deprived under apartheid.
Children from deprived areas are more likely to suffer tooth decay than those from better-off backgrounds.
He moved to fulfill a major campaign promise this month by mandating that flagmen, not policemen, direct traffic; the police unions will fight him on this decision, which deprives their members easy overtime pay. The Axelrod Method
In the programme, rich benefactors say goodbye to their luxury lifestyles and go undercover in deprived areas to find organisations that need their help. Times, Sunday Times
Opium, and other strong stupefactives, do coagulate the spirit, and deprive it of the motion.
It's unfortunate we are continually deprived of our potential benefits for residents.
The old priests were deprived of their posts and privileges.
Hundreds of shops in some of the most deprived parts of the region are to benefit from increased security under a scheme to cut crime and vandalism.
I took a new job as head of faculty in a college in a very deprived area of London. The Sun
Television writers are usually tiny, weak, sunlight-deprived saps who are kept chained to a wall in a cupboard.
Now, contumely, as you will remark, does not seek primarily to deprive one of a good name; which it nearly always succeeds in doing, and this is called detraction; but its object is to prevent your good name from getting its desert of respect, your character supposedly remaining intact. Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals
There are some cases in which the efforts of conservatives to appease racism in the electorate have deprived fascists of support, but other cases in which this has legitimated fascism.
She had a deprived childhood/comes from a deprived background.
There's a pattern that some parents exhibit with their children when they themselves have had an emotionally deprived childhood.
An overstuffed chair for the use of the interrogatee is sometimes preferable to a straight-backed, wooden chair because if he is made to stand for a lengthy period or is otherwise deprived of physical comfort, the contrast is intensified and increased disorientation results. The Dark Art of Interrogation
The new cabinet will concentrate on raising standards in services already provided and on regenerating the borough's more deprived areas.
The city's crown court heard yesterday that he was deprived of insulin for more than 13 hours, triggering ketoacidosis. Times, Sunday Times
The current situation deprives the exchequer of income and gives overseas companies a trading advantage over UK firms that pay their taxes in full. Times, Sunday Times
The move towards writing poetry down deprived it of music, perhaps, certainly of the suprasegmental qualities of pitch, timbre, etc., which are personal in a physiological sense.
Nobody entitle to deprive of other's right to survival.
Deprived at one blow of most of his precedents, "shorn" -- as the Breach of Promise Reports puts it -- "of its usual attractions," FIBBINS's speech becomes an impotent affair. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, October 10, 1891
Perhaps this checkmate will, over time, deprive the opposition of its support and erode the appeal of democracy.
The striver contrives to derive that privacy can't be deprived.
The striver contrives to derive that privacy can't be deprived.
More important, perhaps, he has deprived himself of a peace and freedom that he might have expected after the hurly-burly of raising one family. Elizabeth Buchan - An interview with author
She is a light sleeper and sleeping next to me does deprive her of what little sleep she does get.
It's true what they say about heightened aural perception when you're deprived of your other senses.
In rested subjects alpha rhythm is indicative of low arousal, but sleep-deprived subjects commonly only achieve this level of arousal at best.
Adams' biography confesses to concentrating less on the later years and this deprives the book of a conclusive judgment about its subject.
Officials to represent those from deprived backgrounds are springing up at university unions around the country. Times, Sunday Times
The 1914 Act, among other provisions, deprived the Welsh bishops of their seats in the House of Lords, and abolished private patronage.
The Government wants to redistribute wealth from more affluent areas in the south to deprived parts in the north of the country.
There was no dispute about the appellant's intention being permanently to deprive Mr. Occhi of the money.
The campaign will be aimed at socially deprived families. Times, Sunday Times
In other words, Matta-Clark accomplishes with architecture an operation analogous to what the minimalists and the process artists accomplish with sculpture when they deprive it of its anthropomorphic and immortal aspects.
Schools in Bradford's most deprived areas could lose thousands of pounds of funding.
Another said, "Be comforted, Yussuf, three days will soon pass away, and then you will relish your kabobs and your rakee, your sweetmeats and your wine, with greater pleasure, having been so long deprived of them. The Pacha of Many Tales
The sense in which the existence of something answering to a definite description used for the purpose of identifying reference, and its distinguishability by an audience from anything else, is presupposed and not asserted in an utterance containing such an expression, so used, stands absolutely firm, whether or not one opts for the view that radical failure of the presupposition would deprive the statement of a truth-value. Peter Frederick Strawson
To die in childhood or infancy is to be deprived of a natural life span; such a death makes one's life a stunted and unshapely affair.
It would be easy to site new English grammars in deprived areas and encourage primaries to prepare a working-class intake for the test. Times, Sunday Times
For example, if a dog be deprived of one hemisphere, the eye which was supplied from it with nerve-fibres continues able to see, or to transmit impressions to the lower nerve-centre called the optic ganglion; for this eye will then mechanically follow the hand waved in front of it. Mind and Motion and Monism
Ministers hope that a more generous grants system from next year will help to encourage students from deprived backgrounds to apply to university. Times, Sunday Times
One fine morning as he waddled down the chapel steps, his recalcitrant congregation took matters into their own hands, "debagging" the holy hypocrite and attempting "to deprive him of his manhood. Deborah Swiss: The First Female Flash Mob
But it must not be allowed to succeed, because it produces manifest injustice. The supervening event has not made the plaintiff less lame nor less disabled nor less deprived of amenities.
They shall be deprived of all their strength of body and mind (v. 17): All hands shall be feeble, so that they shall not be able to fight, or defend themselves, and all knees shall be weak as water, so that they shall neither be able to flee nor to stand their ground; they shall feel a universal colliquation: their knees shall flow as water, so that they must fall of course. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)
Compulsory licensing was introduced in response to a Supreme Court decision that deprived composers of royalties.
In his lifetime, he became a symbol of courage to a deprived country, the underdog in all his fights and still coming out on top.
It should not grant an injunction where to do so will deprive a plaintiff of advantages in the foreign forum.
Deprived of a stable relationship with either parent, she lived in a fantasy world with dreams of financial and social success.
Schools in such deprived areas as Drumchapel languish near the bottom reaches of the system, if you rely purely on the percentages of pupils passing Higher and Standard Grade exams.
While so many people have second-class votes that do not count towards any result, millions are deprived of the means to make their voice heard.
You can't function properly when you're deprived of sleep.
Youngsters' needs in a deprived seaside resort are being put to the top of the agenda.
To-day the Bolsheviki were in power, while yesterday's coalitionist ministers and their co-workers found themselves cast aside and suddenly deprived of every bit of influence upon the further course of events. From October to Brest-Litovsk
However, where an administrative body originally exercised the power to deprive people of their liberty, they must have the right to have their case reviewed by a court.
Ministers hope that a more generous grants system from next year will help to encourage students from deprived backgrounds to apply to university. Times, Sunday Times
Until now, those so deprived had only mascara, "falsies" to glue on and potions that made promises. Roseanne Colletti: Can You Turn Your Blue Eyes Brown?
It was inevitable that for each their rival should grow to monstrous scale and, deprived of humanity, become a cipher for predatory threat. ELIZABETH AND MARY: Cousins, Rivals, Queens
Surely those were good questions which need answering, and to abandon the community interpretation deprives us of the only possible answer.
Though his background was modest, it was in no sense deprived.
Now, as then, a government is reducing its citizens to penury as they are deprived of their income and homes.
They deprive people of food and work, and destroy once healthy stocks round the globe.
A government grant - that is, public money harvested from all of us - of more than £47m was given to economically deprived east Brighton three years ago, to "revitalise" the area.
Though his background was modest, it was in no sense deprived.
The baby's brain had been deprived of oxygen during the birth.
The campaign will be aimed at socially deprived families. Times, Sunday Times
But they are reticent about raising bills, particularly in deprived areas where residents are already struggling financially but few can afford their own care home bills. Times, Sunday Times
He said: " The youngsters involved are not just from socially deprived families."
Here are a couple more suggestions, just because I don't want to deprive readers the potential benefit of fellow squirrel-haters' wisdom, no matter how sordid: Fisher cats was one Brattleboro, Vt., resident's response to my observation that the squirrels seem to have grown more self-assertive since our dog died. Lessons for Squirrels
But our desires are that you will not entangle your selvs and us in any such unreasonable courses as those are, viz. y 'the marchants should have y® halfe of mens houses and lands at y "dividente; and that persons should be deprived of y* Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society
Meanwhile, we Europeans congratulated ourselves on forging a deal at Kyoto that would halt the oceans' rise and cosset the ice-deprived polar bears so memorably depicted in Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth. How Not to Run Environmental Policy
They were spitting with fury at being deprived of their prey. DEATH IN FASHION
We have relapsed into disputes about transubstantiation at the very moment when the discovery of the wide prevalence of theophagy as a tribal custom has deprived us of the last excuse for believing that our official religious rites differ in essentials from those of barbarians. The Revolutionist’s Handbook
He took me and my mum and my brother out of a very, very deprived background through sheer hard graft. Times, Sunday Times
Some addicts suffer violent mood swings if deprived of the drug.
The absence of history in the primary school and its reduced presence in the junior secondary deprives students of the necessary background for historiographical judgment.
As a result, he was deprived of his position as resident physician at the leprosy hospital in 1880.
She deprives language of its mimetic function, confining it to the site of its utterance and apprehension rather than using it as a tool to comprehend the world.
Part of the new Western confidence was related to the obvious success of the counterblockade designed to deprive East German industries of supplies and material that once had been provided by companies in the western sectors of Berlin. Daring Young Men
The kingdom of the Greeks is now dismembered by them, and deprived of territory so vast in extent that it can not be traversed in a march of two months.
Cancer once again deprives us of someone too soon. RIP: Kage Baker
Finally, certain vulnerable groups were most affected by these changes, notably black families living in inner city deprived areas.
Arguments in favor of the amendment say that limiting presidential terms deprives the people of the option of reelecting a good leader. NewsBlaze.com Current News - Top Stories
This single piece of legislation will deprive many local communities of an adequate postal service.
And, occasionally, overeducated and sleep-deprived medical students manage to do it.
The use of force to deprive peoples of their national identity constitutes a violation of their inalienable rights and of the principle of non-intervention.
That means meeting the needs of the exceptionally gifted as well as those of the physically handicapped and socially deprived.
The first, and apparently only casualty was the little corn mill at Dowdeswell, immediately deprived of its water supply.
On the outside of the chamber, an electromagnet, deprived of the current that kept its jaw clamped together, relaxed. CORMORANT
In the rush to the vernacular, the redaction deprived people of the texts in both Latin and English.
Got the instructions for Rob's sleep-deprived EEG today. AND GOD CREATED THE AU PAIR
We have seen that one of Lees designs in crossing the Potomac was to give the people of Maryland an opportunity of liberating themselves; he accordingly issued an address to them declaring that the South had watched with deepest sympathy their wrongs and had seen with profound indignation their sister State deprived of every right and reduced to the condition of a conquered province. Chapter IV
The campaign will be aimed at socially deprived families. Times, Sunday Times
He was also determined to stay at the top of his year, but lower-than-expected marks in his finals deprived him of a first-class degree.
No sooner were the arrests of Egmont and Horn known in Madrid, than Montigny was deprived of his liberty, and closely confined in the alcazar of The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Complete (1555-84)
Which of all the British poets came from the most deprived background? Times, Sunday Times
Which of all the British poets came from the most deprived background? Times, Sunday Times
She had such extreme emetophobia that she deprived herself of the opportunity of motherhood, a choice she now regrets.
But more than ever we need to get kids in deprived areas – actually in any area – involved in sport. Gareth Southgate
Waster came in for these hereditaments; though the year 1789 deprived him of all seignorial rights save to the rents paid by his tenants, which amounted to some ten thousand francs per annum. Two Poets
Is then this a fellow fit to be believed when he writes of any man or city, who in one word deprives Greece of the victory, throws down the trophy, and pronounces the inscriptions they had set up to Diana Proseoa (EASTWARD-FACING) to be nothing but pride and vain boasting? Essays and Miscellanies
This is because micro-organisms cannot survive the dry, oxygen-deprived conditions normally found in landfills.
The Mail reports that: Millions of voters are to be deprived of their say over how their rubbish is collected. Democracy Labour style
Any sanction to bar the defaulting party from adducing the relevant evidence may not help the innocent party, as he may be deprived of the benefit of documents damaging to the defaulting party's case.
The exam board should return to this challenge and not deprive future generations of a source of great intellectual and personal enrichment. Times, Sunday Times
First, because it fails to account for improvements in living standards over time, our poverty measure yields a significant undercount of those who are materially deprived compared to the rest of us.
Because Fairbairn thought that it is not possible for the child who needs others to withdraw completely from objects when deprived or thwarted, he viewed the child’s ego as coping with environmental failure by splitting its experiences with bad objects into the following different internal parts, the totality of which is referred to as the endopsychic structure. Object Relations Theory and Self Psychology in Social Work Practice
They are deprived of an average two hours' sleep a night. The Sun
If children are deprived of these experiences they will not learn to handle the risks that they are certain to meet as they make their way through life.
It must also not pander to xenophobia and not deprive business of workers. Times, Sunday Times
New research suggests those from the most deprived areas are 30 per cent more likely to suffer. The Sun
Numerous facts prove that " Falun Gong " deprives innocent people of their lives and endangers social stability.
Head teacher recruitment is said to be a particular problem for secondary schools, especially in deprived parts of England. Times, Sunday Times
Those from the most deprived areas were also twice as likely to have problems with their heart than those in rich ones. The Sun
I'm pretty sure every piece of advice I could possibly come up with would cause you to say I was talking out of my ass, so instead I'll just say that I'm wishing you luck, you poor slee-deprived woman, you. And On The Seven-Hundredth Day, She Rested
Nawar said ElBaradei called for the boycott to "deprive" President Hosni Mubarak's regime of legitimacy. SFGate: Top News Stories
As Ms Ramatali observed, the commission's failures to promote qualified teachers to principals have demotivated teachers and deprived schools of management.
Polio may have deprived Kannan of his legs, but it has not deterred his indefatigable spirit and desire to achieve and inspire others as well.
He came from a deprived area ; he understood me and my situation. Times, Sunday Times
The first is about healthy eating and a balanced diet, with the focus on enjoying quality food rather than feeling deprived.
One young man teaching in a school in a deprived area in the northeast said his'main focus' was not to offend his pupils. Times, Sunday Times
Will there be any compensation for students and community teachers who have been deprived of human rights?
That's the phenomenon that sociologists call the medicalization of deviance and that Steven Sondheim described crisply in "Gee, Officer Krupke," I'm depraved on account of I'm deprived. Madoff: A Scoundrel Or A Sociopath?
Once a scourge of the inner city, heroin use has spread to deprived rural areas and small towns. Times, Sunday Times
Accordingly, to deprive us of knowledge, sceptical hypotheses need only to be bare logical possibilities.
Australian audiences may be deprived of the suburban hornbags, whose success overseas nonetheless continues.
But the number of the accomplices (correi) in such a deed might happen to be so great that the state, in resolving to be without such criminals, would be in danger of soon also being deprived of subjects. The Science of Right
To deprive a Muslim child of their culture and language is a crime against humanity.
Those who are not in this category are deprived of such comfort and bliss.
Significantly, the vexatious litigant is not deprived of the right to bring proceedings.
Second, the solution they sought had serious implications for civil liberties since sections would effectively deprive individuals of their liberty.
These organizations were to initiate a renewal scheme for one of the most deprived areas in Britain.
Meanwhile, a countdown to the end of the universe has begun, a suicidal madman engraves a mandala on the floor of an emptied swimming pool, a sleep-deprived astronomer cruises the dunes in a white Packard saloon, a raven-haired temptress named Coma plays the men off against each other. The stars of modern SF pick the best science fiction
The loss of the colonies in America deprived the government of a major source of income, and his troops mutinied.
Yes, I was deprived of sleep, especially during the first few days.
Those from the most deprived areas were also twice as likely to have problems with their heart than those in rich ones. The Sun
He also tried to amend Brown's motion to deprive minor parties of other agreed perks.
Pete, however, seemed to take exception to being deprived of a chance to demonstrate his manly courage and kept shouting ‘In the water, in the water!’
Killing a plant deprives it of life in just the same way as killing an animal. Phoenix From the Flame
It speaks of intention permanently to deprive.
Israel must be an awfully dreary and deprived place if the only way to make it bearable is make the neighboring countries seem worse by destroying their infrastructure. So much for iran’s tor-1s
In this way no real violinistic genius, whom poverty might otherwise have kept from ever realizing his dreams, was deprived of his chance in life. Violin Mastery Talks with Master Violinists and Teachers
There must be care for those who are socially deprived.
If you can deprive your opponent of mana, you have an excellent chance of winning.
He was no sooner disengaged, than he betook himself to his heels, and left me to maintain the dispute as I should think proper; and, indeed, I came off but scurvily, for, before I could avail myself of my speed, I received a blow on the eye, from one of the other two, that had well nigh deprived me of the use of that organ. The Adventures of Roderick Random
We're not a deprived country, and yet why are so many young men suiciding?
Schools from deprived areas are still losing a proportion of their pupils, probably those with higher parental support and motivation and hence are even more deprived.
Those from the most deprived areas were also twice as likely to have problems with their heart than those in rich ones. The Sun
One is made up largely of deprived and feckless girls while the other is dominated by highly educated and successful career women.
Do not deprive each other except perhaps by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Christianity Today
We are asserting a legal claim in the name of people who were individually and collectively unjustly deprived of their assets. Times, Sunday Times
Hyla Cass, MD, an integrative medical practitioner and author of 8 Weeks to Vibrant Health, adds that certain prescription drugs like acid blockers can deprive the body of nutrients like vitamin D.
By adopting someone who would automatically go to the front of the line for inheritance purposes in the event of intestacy, a decedent can deprive other angry relatives of standing to contest the will.
Under that provision no state can deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law.
I hope that it serves as a timely reminder for all of us of what a very great loss it is when people are deprived of their liberty.
For anyone to deprive them of a penny of their legal entitlement is a crime against society.
The plaintiffs contend that segregated public schools are not "equal" and cannot be made "equal, " and that hence they are deprived of the equal protection of the laws.
People in the countryside as well as the deprived sections in the urban areas are crying for basic facilities.
The air above this sea ice is deprived of heat and moisture from the ocean.
Smokers in deprived areas perceive a lack of support to help them to stop smoking.
The first movement suffers particularly, deprived of its bleak but wonderfully expressive scoring. Times, Sunday Times
While she was at home looking after her children, she felt deprived of intellectual stimulation.
Those provisions do not deprive a person of his possessions or interfere with his peaceful enjoyment of them.
And for his stint in prison he spent 48 hours in a prison cell, fed on slops, deprived of sleep, and occasionally having buckets of ice cold water thrown over him.
The later interpretation of the law deprived the commission of some of the powers that, it was thought, had been given to it, but during the next nineteen years the Interstate Commerce Commission was a central figure in the solution of the railroad problem. The New Nation
He said it meant young teams were deprived of the opportunity to train while the weather was not now appropriate to do anything with the field.
Some are pupils at schools in highly deprived areas. Times, Sunday Times
I should be listening to something more calm, but I'm so sleep-deprived that I'm afraid anything less screechy and nervous would cause me to go catatonic.
I was worried about other, sleep deprived, postnatally vulnerable people. Would you have sex with your husband every day?
It generally demoralizes and always impoverishes the Kanaka, deprives him of his citizenship, and depopulates the islands fitted to his home. Following the Equator
The Church was deprived of tithes, the basic income of the parish clergy.
What does it say about our own humanity that we would take one of the oceans greatest predators and deprive it of food and experience until it will eat from our hands and allow us to ride around on its nose paraphrased from a far more elegant quote …. Think Progress » American Family Association Pins SeaWorld Death On Lack Of Christianity: ‘Bible Ignored, Trainer Died’
Here, a mother's allergy to snakes deprives the daughter of her favourite screw pine flower (thaazhambu in Tamil), forcing her to adopt dilatory tactics in domestic behaviour.
Those living in the most economically deprived areas receive the worst care and suffer catastrophic economic consequences from their illness.
When people are deprived of dreaming (when they are allowed to sleep but not to enter REM sleep) after a few days they are almost schizophrenic.
He pierced the first, and hurled him to a distance; a second he deprived of existence; a third he emboweled; a fourth he made a warning to all that beheld him. Antar :
There has been harsh rhetoric against documented and undocumented immigrants, as well as attempts to deprive them of essential human services.
'Tis a capital crime, and is to be prosecuted as a species of devilism that would not only deprive God and Christ of all his honor, but also plunder man of all his comfort. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12

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