privation

Example Sentences

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After a childhood of privation, Zhang Xin educated herself abroad and rode China’s real-estate boom to become a billionaire.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 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

Mr. Mixner, born three days apart from Mr. Clinton and raised in similar rural privation, met the future president when they were in their early 20s.

From New York Times • Mar. 12, 2024

Come spring and summer they'll release the stored-up precipitation to cattle ranchers, nut farmers, and local water utilities around the state, ending a three-year spell of privation.

From Salon • Jan. 5, 2023

I look upon our life in hiding as an interesting adventure, full of danger and romance, and every privation as an amusing addition to my diary.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank