Examples of deprivation in a Sentence
She is studying the effects of sleep deprivation.
She eventually overcame the deprivations of her childhood.
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The American soldiers were brainwashed into not wanting to go home through tactics including isolation, the fraying of social bonds and sleep deprivation, Lemov said.
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Kara Alaimo, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2025
Sleepwalking can happen due to stress, sleep deprivation, certain health conditions, and medications.
—Ann Pietrangelo, Verywell Health, 28 Mar. 2025
Opening a restaurant is supposed to be a nerve-wracking, stress-inducing experience that causes anxious sleep deprivation.
—Candace Oehler, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Competitive freediving is strictly regulated to prevent accidents, yet blackouts caused by oxygen deprivation (hypoxic syncope) still occur.
—Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 25 Mar. 2025
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Kara Alaimo, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2025
Sleepwalking can happen due to stress, sleep deprivation, certain health conditions, and medications.
—Ann Pietrangelo, Verywell Health, 28 Mar. 2025
Opening a restaurant is supposed to be a nerve-wracking, stress-inducing experience that causes anxious sleep deprivation.
—Candace Oehler, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Competitive freediving is strictly regulated to prevent accidents, yet blackouts caused by oxygen deprivation (hypoxic syncope) still occur.
—Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 25 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for deprivation
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“Deprivation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deprivation. Accessed 12 Apr. 2025.
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deprivation
noun
de·pri·va·tion
ˌdep-rə-ˈvā-shən 
ˌdē-ˌprī-
ˌdē-ˌprī-
: the act or process of removing or the condition resulting from removal of something normally present and usually essential for mental or physical well-being
his nervous system may have been affected by early oxygen deprivation—Jack Fincher
Jack Finchersleep deprivation
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