standard of comfort
Example Sentences
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Peace and order helped to raise the standard of comfort.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" by Various
Mean and comfortless dwellings imply not only a low standard of comfort, but often a low morality.
From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 by Various
Their standard of comfort, not to say luxury, is immensely higher, and would be absolutely ruinous in an army the size of any of those of Europe.
From Impressions of a War Correspondent by Lynch, George
That the poor could thus become fastidious was a good sign of the rising standard of comfort.
From Mediaeval Socialism by Jarrett, Bede
People lived simply and did not exact a high standard of comfort.
From Nooks and Corners of Cornwall by Scott, C. A. Dawson
