Privations
[praɪ'veɪʃ(ə)n]
Examples
- Your army will cheerfully suffer many privations to break up Hood's army and render it useless for future operations. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I would not now have exchanged Lowood with all its privations for Gateshead and its daily luxuries. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I saw some, with naturally elevated tendencies and good feelings, kept down amongst sordid privations and harassing griefs. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- To chuse to remain here month after month, under privations of every sort! Jane Austen. Emma.
- Whatever contributes to lessen these privations, if at little cost, should merit special attention. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- I know that it will involve many privations and inconveniences. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Guster has some recompenses for her many privations. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Long may it be generally thought that physical privations alone merit compassion, and that the rest is a figment. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
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