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Example sentences for: austerity

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

USA Today, for instance, waits until the twelfth paragraph of its fifteen paragraph story to inform the reader that the unrest was about rising prices caused by Suharto's introduction of new IMF-dictated austerity measures.
The dimensions and extraordinary austerity of the interior are breathtaking.
The Benedictine order emphasized moderation in the austerity of its food, clothing, and sleep, not unlike the habits of any peasant of the times.
Meanwhile, the hard-times ethic of fiscal austerity has given way to a good-times ethic of "invest and grow," which frowns on frugality.
The postwar obsession with comfort, convenience, and the latest electronic gadgetry has led most Japanese to forsake the traditional, simple, and elegant house of wooden walls, heavy tiled roofs, tatami-mat floors, and sliding panels for a modern “Western-style” house designed to exchange the austerity of the past for the prosperity of the future.