Sure, some people were grossed out, but those who reacted in disgust got a well-deserved public shaming.

These canned fruits have an excellent and well-deserved reputation.

Let us, then, sir, hasten to pay to his memory the well-deserved tribute of our regard.

But she was a true daughter of Eve, and this well-deserved reproach only moved her to feeble recrimination.

With this well-deserved, but none the less crushing snub she brought the car to a standstill and inadvertently stopped the motor.

That high praise was once well-deserved, and was cordially given: but since, alas!