privation

Example Sentences

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A decade and a half of gloom followed, during which, Mr. Gittlitz notes, the atmosphere of Dust Bowl privation at Shea was underscored by corn and tomato plants growing like subsistence crops in the bullpen.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

To be united for prayer again "is an indescribable feeling after two years of privation", Ghalid al-Nimra told AFP at Gaza City's Sayed Hachem mosque.

From Barron's • Oct. 17, 2025

But Victoria only sees dirty cots and unbathed children — privation.

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2025

Larger fires are also adding to the job’s traditional dangers and difficulties, such as exposure to smoke and other toxins, long stretches away from home and physical privation.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2023

I understood their impulses, the long years’ privation and hurt out of which they had come to Communism.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright