Deserved

Examples

• When I spoke again I was composed enough to treat his impertinence with the silent contempt that it deserved. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• And I fancy I jolly well deserved it, he added thoughtfully. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• He deserved it all--all labour, all devotion, all sacrifice; I would have toiled up a scaleless Alp, to pluck a flower that would please him. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• He and all the world thought hardly of me for my strange, unmotherly resolve, and I deserved to be misjudged. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• She deserved what he said, and worse. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• I deserved the evil I have encountered, for forgetting his fate even in that of his son! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• You have deserved my trust, and, what is of far more importance in my estimation, you have deserved my father's trust, out of which mine grew. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• It was a very ingenious device, and Hargreaves deserved the greatest credit for the skill with which he solved the problem. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• However well deserved this piece of retaliation might have been, it was as vindictive a one as could well have been resorted to. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• He was indeed an officer and a gentleman--a title conferred on many, but deserved by so few. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• I mention it also, because I think some of our ship's company did not give him as full credit for his excellent services as he deserved. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Edward tried to return her kindness as it deserved, but before such witnesses he dared not say half what he really felt. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• In return for this speech I got--what, it must be supposed, I deserved--a look of surprise: I thought also of some disapprobation. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• A woman who could betray me for such a rival was not worth contending for; she deserved only scorn; less, however, than I, who had been her dupe. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• The reaper was a very vital factor in the development of that country, and McCormick deserved the credit of being one of the greatest profit-builders of the land. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Elinor agreed to it all, for she did not think he deserved the compliment of rational opposition. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• On his side, he looked down at her with an indulgence so injudicious and so ill-deserved, that I really felt called on to interfere. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Well deserved, well deserved! Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Follow me to the throne; we will reap vengeance where vengeance is deserved. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• She must be well brought up, and well guarded from reposing any foolish confidences where they are not deserved. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• It now struck me very forcibly that Worcester had deserved all my devoted attachment, and that I had not been half grateful enough to him. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• I heard her speaking, and I knew by the tone of her voice that she was comforting me--I, who deserved nothing but the reproach of her silence! Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• On what grounds have they deserved it? H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He deserved it; but it was difficult to shake him in his firm conviction that the work was righteous and needed. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• He deserved condign punishment for his testy crotchets. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• I was a kinder friend than you deserved. Jane Austen. Emma.
• They should be acceptable as Abel's offering; and doubtless would be, if the object deserved them. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I have certainly deserved better from you. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Perhaps I deserved them, Lucy. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• It is as natural as that I should love those who show me affection, or submit to punishment when I feel it is deserved. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.

Typist: Miranda