Words similar to ascetic

Example sentences for: ascetic

How can you use “ascetic” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

But the life of an ascetic and the wisdom of Hindu teachers did not satisfy his quest.
Members are portrayed as ascetic and hard-nosed, men you can respect even if you don't agree with them.
Koyasan was already known as a sacred site for ascetic practices when Kobo Daishi, a revered Buddhist priest, teacher, and scholar, received imperial permission to establish a religious community to develop his new Shingon sect in 816.
He, too, abandoned riches to become an ascetic.
You would think that cultivating a taste for such ascetic modes of enjoyment would be at least as effective a diet strategy as glorifying blubber, but Klein fails to entertain this possibility.