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 Lord helping us, we would rather suffer privation than contract debts.
From The Life of Trust: Being a Narrative of the Lord's Dealings With George Müller by Wayland, H. L. (Heman Lincoln)
But it came at last in overflowing measure, as it almost invariably does to those who are willing to work and suffer privation and persevere to the end.
From Eclectic School Readings: Stories from Life by Marden, Orison Swett
He could face anything when he alone was to suffer privation, but it was horrible to force misery upon the woman he loved.
From Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 by Castaigne, J. André
