Deprives

Cancer once again deprives us of someone too soon. ❋ Unknown (2010)

As if honoring one's promise and upholding one's word deprives one of sovereignty rather than increasing one's safety. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The use of spoken English instead of Chinese with subtitles deprives the dialogue of authenticity as does the rendering of Chinese script in the outmoded Wade-Giles System of Romanization in which "Qin" is spelled "Chin" leading the narrator to the false conclusion that it is the root of the word "China." ❋ Unknown (2006)

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? ❋ Unknown (2004)

To use such an expression deprives me of any dignity which I might myself derive from the dignity of my subject. ❋ Various (1870)

Arguments in favor of the amendment say that limiting presidential terms deprives the people of the option of reelecting a good leader. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Marriage, she said, is about starting a family with children - and having gay couples starting a family "deprives" children of having a Mom and a Dad. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The argument that infringement "deprives" the artist of anything is far from proven, anyway. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Since it was a major negator for the Greeks, the alpha privative, so called because it "deprives" the word to which it is prefixed of its original meaning by reversing it, is highly productive of words in Greek. ❋ Unknown (1988)

The article alleges that this church even uses minors for what amounts to virtually unpaid labor, deprives them of an education, has used forged documents to bolster its founders' reputation... and that's only a start. ❋ Frank Schaeffer (2011)

A long-term vacancy could have effects far beyond Kennedy's home state of Massachusetts, since his death deprives the Democrats of the 60-vote "supermajority" with which they can theoretically force laws through the Senate despite Republican objections. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Mr. Herbold's apparent admiration of China's "highly effective" elitist autocrats and his weak dismissal of its human rights abuses show he hasn't learned a few of Reagan's core lessons: that any system that deprives its citizens of liberty is ultimately unsustainable, and that right ultimately prevails. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Dott was unimpressed that his run to the last eight deprives Ronnie O'Sullivan of ninth place in the rankings: "The way Ronnie's playing that's nothing to brag about," he said. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The fact that we are loosely interpreting these to be hateful tweets only deprives him of his freedom of speech and makes the whole “Twilight bloggers are haters” argument almost believable. ❋ Unknown (2010)

As Tom Friedman wrote in his column yesterday, "China deprives its people of political rights, but at least it gives them a rising standard of living." ❋ Taufiq Rahim (2011)