ascetic

Example Sentences

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Consequently, any attempt to commend the ascetic practices of one religion to the other is fruitless.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

A jar of homemade pumpkin butter, if you’re feeling ambitious, turns even the most ascetic bowl into a minor celebration.

From Salon • Nov. 13, 2025

Her fame grows enormous with the 1975 release of “Horses” and the international touring that followed, yet she retains the bearing of an ascetic.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2025

To become a sokushinbutsu, he began living in seclusion where he ate an ascetic diet of pine needles for nearly a decade.

From National Geographic • Jan. 19, 2024

He dreamt that Govinda stood before him, in the yellow robe of the ascetic.

From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse