7 sentences with 'deprive'
Example sentences and phrases with the word deprive and other words derived from it.
• « The idea is not to abandon the usual chores, nor to deprive them of their burden of stress: mental work without any kind of difficulty is hardly likely to develop the capacity for reasoning. »
• « These kinds of experiences show us once again that humans are not far removed from our lesser companions the monkeys in our behaviour and reactions. If we use our reason to deprive them of their freedom, let us at least try to provide them with a less stressful life. It is our duty. »
• « "Creationism is just low politics, you can't deprive people of the right to think," he said. Sharp comments like this characterise Gould, a scholar of the evolution of science and ideas. »
• « All subjects of the British crown knew that they had liberties under the constitution. The Sugar Act suggested that some in Parliament were striving to deprive them of what made them uniquely British. »
• « For the second time, many colonists resisted what they perceived as an effort to tax them without representation and thus deprive them of their freedom. »
• « From the rebels' point of view, the British sought to deprive them of their slave property and incite a race war. »
• « Opposition to the Constitution reflected the fear that a new national government, much like the British monarchy, would create too much centralised power and, as a result, deprive the citizens of the individual states of the ability to make their own decisions. »