Example sentences for: self-sufficiency

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

  • A group of words reflects the immediate needs of an isolated settlement seeking self-sufficiency: dairy station, farm, farming (restricted to crop-raising) farm-station, stockholder, stock-keeper, stockman, stock owner, stock pen , and stock yard .

  • As a veteran liberal welfare expert told me, upon hearing of the new bonus, it's "perverse to say we want you to move people to self-sufficiency and then say we want you to sign them up for more welfare."

  • John Engler says it "strengthens families, stabilizes neighborhoods, builds communities, enhances self-sufficiency, and promotes personal well-being."

  • Parents act as role models of self-sufficiency instead of dependency.

  • China, with major plans to supply its own needs in industries such as motor vehicles, aerospace, and semiconductors, is clearly one country striving for self-sufficiency.


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