Deprived

//dɪˈpɹaɪvd//

"Deprived" in a Sentence (11 examples)

Astonishment deprived me of speech.

If people who smoke are deprived of their cigarettes, they get nervous and irritable.

The fire deprived us of our property.

The spread of television has considerably deprived us of our time for reading.

The misfortune deprived her of her reason.

The traitor was deprived of his citizenship.

The war deprived them of their happiness.

The new law has deprived the citizens of their liberty.

The accident deprived her of her only son.

The accident deprived them of their only son.

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London attracts some of the richest people in the world, but it is home also to some of the poorest people in the land. The three most deprived areas in Britain are all in London — Tower Hamlets, Newham and Hackney.

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