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How to use the word depriving in a Sentence?

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We should not be depriving our students of an opportunity to learn.

Superintendent Alberto Carvalho

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Depriving people of that is physically depriving the brain from its nourishment.

Huda Akil

Found on CNN
1 year ago

They are depriving the foreigners. They are being very racist with us at the border. They tell us that Ukrainian citizens have to pass first while telling foreigners to stay back, it's very difficult at the moment for Nigerians and other foreigners to cross. The Ukrainian officials are allowing more Ukrainians to cross into Poland. For instance, around 200 to 300 Ukrainians can cross, and then only 10 foreigners or 5 will be allowed to cross... and the duration of time is too long. It's really hard.. they push us, kick us, insult us.

Nneka Abigail

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It is horrific that Donald Trump raped E. Jean Carroll in a New York City department store many years ago, but it is truly shocking that the current Department of Justice would allow Donald Trump to get away with lying about it, thereby depriving our client of her day in court. The DOJ’s position is not only legally wrong, it is morally wrong since it would give federal officials free license to cover up private sexual misconduct by publicly brutalizing any woman who has the courage to come forward.

Roberta Kaplan

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

we will continue to be the culprits by supporting these activities that only achieve the exploitation, mistreatment, and depriving the freedom of many species of animals

José Rafael Cordero Sánchez

added by Crisisdosis
2 years ago

It would’ve been more helpful if we had clarity, a national vaccination plan, everybody who is exploiting loopholes needs to be clear: If you jump the line and you could safely wait a couple of months chances are you’re depriving someone who needs that vaccine.

Harald Schmidt

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

The real haves are they who can acquire freedom, self-confidence, and even riches without depriving others of them. They acquire all of these by developing and applying their potentialities. On the other hand, the real have nots are they who cannot have aught except by depriving others of it. They can feel free only by diminishing the freedom of others, self-confident by spreading fear and dependence among others, and rich by making others poor.

Eric Hoffer

added by Normando
3 years ago

The powers the Commission is looking into under the proposal would give it wide discretion to protect not just competition, but favoured competitors, unilaterally departing from the existing global competition law framework in this way would create an uneven playing field, and risks depriving Europeans' access to beneficial services and functionalities.

Kayvan Hazemi-Jebelli

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

I'm glad that a federal judge agreed that depriving millions of New Yorkers of the right to vote was wrong, i hope that the New York Board of Elections takes from this ruling a newfound appreciation of Andrew Yang role in safeguarding our democracy.

Andrew Yang

Found on CNN
3 years ago

If President Donald Trump argument in these tweets is' Stop diverting water to the Pacific and use it to fight the fires,' it's nonsensical, president Donald Trump's said this before that somehow President Donald Trump thinks California's water policies are depriving firefighters of water needed to fight the fires. Which is absolutely absurd.

Peter Gleick

Found on CNN
4 years ago

By requiring President Trump to prove President Trump innocence, The Intelligence people were depriving President Trump of the one thing no one can be deprived of, which is a presumption of innocence.

Texas Republican Rep. John Ratcliffe

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

There's a risk of depriving government of expertise and access to democracy.

Ian Bassin

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Unfortunately, The NYAG sought to prevent dissolution for almost two years, thereby depriving those most in need of nearly $ 1.7 million.

Alan Futerfas

Found on CNN
5 years ago

We know that there is technology that exists, algorithms that can be designed to spot this stuff, this is not about depriving people of free speech, this is about inciting hatred, this is about things that divide our communities.

Sadiq Khan

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

The way tamoxifen works is you’re depriving your cancer cells of estrogen, which is their nutrition, so that will only work for the cancers that are estrogen-fed or progesterone-fed.

Nikita Shah

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

SB 25 is a not-so-subtle way of giving medical personnel the opportunity to impose the religious beliefs on pregnant women by withholding information about the condition of their fetus and depriving them of making an informed decision about continuing with their pregnancy.

Margaret Johnson

Found on CNN
7 years ago

This is significant, as 42 percent of the coal produced in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin was sold through such captive transactions, depriving taxpayers, local schools and other beneficiaries of royalties.

Tyson Slocum

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

I don't want to rule on whether ... political enemies of the current Russian authorities, who accuse (them) of reaching the highest positions by using armed terror against their own population, are right - perhaps it's not true, but there is no doubt that the (Russian) attack on Georgia was one that was first preceded by internal sabotage, inside of Georgia. There's no doubt that what happened over Smolensk was aimed at depriving Poland of the leadership who led our nation towards independence.

Antoni Macierewicz

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It appears that Allah decided to punish the ruling clique of Turkey by depriving them of wisdom and judgment.

Vladimir Putin

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

You are depriving me my right to give my state of mind.

Frazier Glenn Cross

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Parents are not ‘ depriving ’ their child by not offering these foods, rather they are investing in their child’s long-term health. . ..

Kimberley Mallan

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The only reason that he was denied that is because the state was intent on depriving him of his constitutional right.

Neel Lane

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We were sold a lie, it’s clear same-sex marriage does affect us. It’s depriving people of their freedom — of their God-given freedoms.

Kristen Waggoner

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

I was never one of the skinny skinny girls who could eat whatever they wanted, so I certainly exercise and try to eat right, but at the same time, I try to be a good role model for my daughter in terms of just accepting myself … I just trying to lead by example … I don't want her to think that taking care of yourself means depriving yourself and not having fun.

Cindy Crawford

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

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