suffer privation
Example Sentences
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It is certain that at no time . . . will my mother suffer privation.
From Time Magazine Archive
In this war it is trifling ... if one folk must suffer privation in this or that way.
From Time Magazine Archive
Though they may suffer privation or loss they are glad that they can live on by the mercy of Buddha.
From The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People by Scott, J.W. Robertson
He could face anything when he alone was to suffer privation, but it was horrible to force misery upon the woman he loved.
From Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 by Castaigne, J. André
The people were bitterly ground down, and they are content to suffer privation in the present so long as they can ensure freedom from alien rule in the future.
From The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour by Runciman, James
