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Example sentences for: necessities

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

(necessities few sabbatical?)
skinflint In many parts of early America, necessities such as flint were scarce.
I have lately been reading accounts of the exploration of the western and northwestern deserts of Australia in the 1870s and I have become very aware of the effect absent necessities might have on the frequency of particular items in discourse.
Alternatively, the argument might be that in principle people have the right to choose to forego their freedom, but that in reality these choices are always influenced by personal necessities that becloud the choice actually made.
We do receive some funding from the state and the University, but we must rely on private gifts for any costs above the basic necessities.