well-earned
fully deserved: a well-earned rest
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How to use well-earned in a sentence
Far beyond his well-earned lucre, this is the reason to applaud Radcliffe the most.
The moment was well-earned (The Newsroom should take note), and, true to form, was short lived.
I Watched ‘Psych’ For 8 Years and All I Got Was This Lackluster Finale | Chancellor Agard | March 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWork hard, keep your head down, and four to eight years later, electoral redemption would have been well earned.
Eliot Spitzer’s Comeback Plan: A Run for New York City Comptroller | John Avlon | July 8, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIt was nevertheless evident that he was quietly enjoying a well-earned triumph.
‘Greetings From Tim Buckley’: Penn Badgley on Playing Late Musician Jeff Buckley | Richard Porton | April 30, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe book is excellent and you can read well earned praise for it many other reviews.
Imagine, throwing rocks at the floor to scare us all out of our well earned sleep.
The Adventure Girls at K Bar O | Clair BlankMajor Baker also goes on leave for about 10 days or so to-night, with various other officers who have well earned a rest.
Letters of Lt.-Col. George Brenton Laurie | George Brenton LaurieIt was certainly a sporting method, and the hunter got many skins and much local kudos, the latter being certainly well earned.
The Cradle of Mankind | W.A. WigramThen back in the landau again, he took a well-earned rest while Minetta and June talked.
Mushroom Town | Oliver OnionsBut she herself leaned back as if resting from a newly accomplished task and well-earned triumph.
Katharine Frensham | Beatrice Harraden
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