suffer privation
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In this war it is trifling ... if one folk must suffer privation in this or that way.
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It is certain that at no time . . . will my mother suffer privation.
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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
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
S: Nay! we are made to suffer privation.
From Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side by Ali, Abdullah Yusuf