well-earned

adjective

1. fully deserved

   a well-earned rest

Example Sentences

From the 17th minute, when the hosts took a well-earned lead, it was safe to say his word choice was wise.

From BBC

The good news that ultimately topped headlines in 2022 is justly celebratory, but the subsequent difficulties we see heighten the notion that a union needs cohesion, direction and sustenance beyond a star organizer having a well-earned moment.

From Los Angeles Times

Mark Joseph Stern: In your dissent from the RFK Jr. decision, you wrote that “any public aspersions cast on the impartiality, independence and dignity of our state courts are well-earned.”

From Slate

Having made his own contributions to real racing and well-earned victories this season, Norris often underplays his achievements and the prospects of a season we could all remember for years to come – chiefly because he is the one in the cockpit, not looking on from the stands or in the living room.

From BBC

“Today, any public aspersions cast on the impartiality, independence, and dignity of our state courts are well-earned,” she wrote in her dissent, decrying “the magnitude of the harm” inflicted as “egregious and unjustified.”

From Slate