suffer privation
Example Sentences
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In this war it is trifling ... if one folk must suffer privation in this or that way.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is certain that at no time . . . will my mother suffer privation.
From Time Magazine Archive
The common workman may occasionally and for a short period suffer privation and want, but that becomes the chronic condition of the poor graduate.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20. July, 1877. by Various
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
Their attitude was humane, courteous, sympathetic, agreeable, which qualities I firmly believe are supreme in those who know hardship, who suffer privation, who labour.
From The Woman Who Toils Being the Experiences of Two Gentlewomen as Factory Girls by Vorst, Marie Van
