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Meanings of just deserts in English

An outcome in which virtue triumphs over vice (often ironically)

        Usage of just deserts in English
        1
        They kept going right to the end and got their just deserts.
        The Guardian
        2
        Consider not our just deserts, but open wide Thy door of grace.
        Bahíyyih Khánum
        3
        Nevertheless, as with capital punishment, justice involves more than just deserts... View Article
        The new yorker
        4
        Sometimes I feel that the common sandwich does not get its just deserts.
        The Irish Times
        5
        She said that someday Mr. Cruickshank would get his just deserts.
        The day the falls stood still
        6
        Or, perhaps the fury of the Republicans had its just deserts.
        Abraham Lincoln and the Union: A Chronicle of the Embattled Nort...
        7
        He promised them that Sancho Mendez should have his just deserts.
        West Wind Drift
        8
        Perhaps Isaac was only giving him his just deserts for that.
        Quicksilver
        9
        Having thus seen Farrington receive his just deserts, Stephen hurried home.
        The Fourth Watch
        10
        Gee whiz, if I ever write any stories, I'll get my just deserts.
        Pee-wee Harris Adrift
        11
        They never quite get their just deserts do species roses.
        The Guardian
        12
        What this misses entirely is his accentuation of just deserts.
        The Guardian
        13
        The woman deserves punishment, but doubtless she'll get her just deserts in other ways.
        Mary Louise Solves a Mystery
        14
        In Trading Places, the Duke brothers get their just deserts.
        The Guardian
        15
        If the boy had gotten a scare, wasn't that at least his just deserts?
        The Shining
        16
        But I never shall until the crook-back dealer in humanity has met his just deserts.
        Tales of Chinatown
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