Deprived

Examples

• Scattered over the country one still finds isolated charcoal kilns, crude earthen receptacles, in which wood thus deprived of air was allowed to smolder and form charcoal. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Has he not, I said, an occupation; and what profit would there be in his life if he were deprived of his occupation? Plato. The Republic.
• Terror had deprived him of all presence of mind; he threw himself along the floor, and nothing could persuade him to rise. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Simply, the discovery of Oliver's parentage, and regaining for him the inheritance of which, if this story be true, he has been fraudulently deprived. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• You have deprived the best years of his life of that independence which was no less his due than his desert. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Archeologists have deprived the Greeks of this gift, and carried back its origin to remoter ages and localities. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Why, I said, do you not see that men are unwillingly deprived of good, and willingly of evil? Plato. The Republic.
• As has been already seen, he deprived our heroine of the right of transmitting her letters direct by the ambassador's bag. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• His imprudence had made her miserable for a while; but it seemed to have deprived himself of all chance of ever being otherwise. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• He found that when cows were deprived of food containing fat they still continued to give milk yielding cream or fatty products. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• My friend's temper had not improved since he had been deprived of the congenial surroundings of Baker Street. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• It is a similar case, where any real quality is, by accidental circumstances, rendered impotent, and is deprived of its natural influence on society. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• And are suits decided on any other ground but that a man may neither take what is another's, nor be deprived of what is his own? Plato. The Republic.
• A government resting on a valuation of property, in which the rich have power and the poor man is deprived of it. Plato. The Republic.
• The implements of the stone age are still found in use by some whose environment has deprived them of the knowledge of or desire to use better tools. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• A month ago my dear mother was deprived of the use of her limbs. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Two days passed in this manner before he was able to speak; and I often feared that his sufferings had deprived him of understanding. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• By her next speech, Jo deprived herself of several years of pleasure, and received a timely lesson in the art of holding her tongue. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• They retired, and I turned towards my friend; but he was sunk in languor, and almost deprived of life. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Yes, he replied; I agree with you in thinking that mankind are deprived of truth against their will. Plato. The Republic.
• But nearly all common plants, whatever they are, sicken and die if deprived of sunlight for a long time. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• I may sell THEM, though I should be sorry to see the neighbourhood deprived of 'em too. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Settlers in the newer portions of the country are often deprived of many comforts which are easily accessible in long-settled places. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• In this picturesque dress he looked handsomer than ever, and had quite recovered his bombastic air, which terror had deprived him of during the storm. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• It was clear to me, from the strength of the glasses, that the wearer must have been very blind and helpless when deprived of them. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Being deprived of all formality. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• And can she or can she not fulfil her own ends when deprived of that excellence? Plato. The Republic.
• I was unwise to quit my sheet-anchor of calm even for an instant; it deprived me of an advantage and transferred it to her. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• And when time shall have softened your despair, new and dear objects of care will be born to replace those of whom we have been so cruelly deprived. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Thus it was that I made my brother ample amends for the service I had deprived him of by leaving him so early. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.

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