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• Puritan austerity was so tempered by Dutch indifference, that mercy itself could not have dictated a milder system.From the entry temper
• An end to austerity, with the fastest fall in NHS waiting lists for 17 years.2026 June 22, Keir Starmer, resignation speech. From the entry waiting list
• Financial capital and multinational companies impose an austeritarian turn (austerity and authoritarianism).2021, Gustave Massiah, “The Paris Commune, an Alterglobalism”, in Socialism and Democracy, volume 35, number 1, →DOI, page 179. From the entry austeritarian
• Sharif at the time said the decision “will save the country precious foreign exchange” and that Pakistan has to “practice austerity.”2022 June 15, Rhea Mogul, “Pakistanis told to drink less tea as nation grapples with economic crisis”, in CNN. From the entry Pakistan
• But in her speech, Truss said she would exert an “iron discipline” over public spending, hinting at possible austerity to come.2022 October 5, Rowena Mason, quoting Liz Truss, “Liz Truss promises ‘growth, growth and growth’ in protest-hit speech”, in The Guardian. From the entry iron
• But there is perhaps no more visible manifestation of austerity than the disgraceful levels of homelessness we see in Britain today.2018 October 28, “The Observer view on the budget and the decade of austerity”, in The Observer, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN…. From the entry sleep rough
• Greece, Spain, and other eurozone periphery countries could explode any day, given their high unemployment and deepening strains of austerity.2013 September 6, Ha-Joon Chang, “The rich have an addiction to bubbles”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 13, page 19. From the entry eurozone
• Austerity is bang on the mark, they said.2013 June 7, Phillip Inman, “9 reasons Keynesians aren't winning the argument”, in Guardian, UK, retrieved 14 Sep 2017. From the entry on the mark
• Distinguished scientists are beginning to confront the notion that to save the planet, an age of hair-shirted austerity is now necessary.2011, Andrew Marr, A History of 20th Century Britain, Pan Macmillan, →ISBN. From the entry hairshirted
• Early closing was introduced during World War One, when wartime patriotism and austerity and a general temperance mood impelled its introduction.2007, D. Kirkby, T. Luckins, Dining On Turtles: Food Feasts and Drinking in History, Springer, →ISBN, page 93. From the entry six o'clock swill
• Don't burn us with your fierce austerities, O master.2006, Vikram Chandra, Sacred Games, volume 1, Penguin, published 2007, page 17. From the entry apsara
• Artifice and imitation reveal the finikin or uncertain soul as surely as deliberate bareness reveals a conscious austerity.1913, Henry W. Nevinson, Essays in Rebellion. From the entry finikin
• No storm affrights it; and not the centuries, clustering houris, with their caresses can seduce it from its hard austerity.1911 October 26, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson, or, An Oxford Love Story, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: John Lane Company…. From the entry houri
• But successive governments have met these mounting challenges with either hard-hearted austerity (from the Conservatives) or bland bromides for change (from Labour).2026 June 22, Mark Sappenfield, “Starmer is out, but is Britain done with its prime minister churn?”, in The Christian Science Monitor…. From the entry bromide
• Midstream at the treacherous Sankrail and Panchpara stretches of the river the crew set about the task of preserving safe passage with austerity technologies.2015, Laura Bear, Navigating Austerity: Currents of Debt Along a South Asian River, Stanford, C.A.: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 3. From the entry quintant
• Some of the countries of Eastern Europe had already acceded to all the privatization and austerity measures drawn up by imperialist bankers.2007 November 18, Leslie Feinberg, “'Big lie' and breakup of Yugoslavia”, in Workers World. From the entry accede
• They stayed many years performing penances and austerities, and were awarded a vision of Shiva and Parvati, the divine Lord and Lady of Kailas.1989, Russell Johnson, Kerry Moran, The Sacred Mountain of Tibet: On Pilgrimage to Kailas, Park Street Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL…. From the entry Manasarovar
• Carved and placed as they are, the columns of this temple express the very essence of all this montigenous austerity and forsakenness.1965, Nikos Kazantzakis, “Pilgrimage Through Greece” (chapter 17), in P. A. Bien, transl., Report to Greco, London: Bruno Cassirer…. From the entry montigenous
• It doesn't take a genius to see that its hostility towards statism, in the context of economic crisis and austerity, could provide useful ideological cover for an assault on welfare.2011 May 21, Ed Rooksby, “Don't underestimate toxic Blue Labour”, in The Guardian. From the entry Blue Labour
• Many daimyō followed the example of the Bakufu reformers and periodically attempted to reduce their expenses by implementing austerity programs, but these measures repeatedly failed to solve their financial problems.1972, Mikiso Hane, “Economic Problems”, in Japan: A Historical Survey, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →ISBN, chapter 9 (The Late…. From the entry daimyō

Meaning of austerity

1. noun Severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness; harsh discipline.
2. noun Freedom from adornment; plainness; severe simplicity.
3. noun A policy of deficit-cutting, which by definition requires lower spending, higher taxes, or both.

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Questions about austerity in a sentence

How do you use austerity in a sentence?

Austerity is used as a noun. For example: “Puritan austerity was so tempered by Dutch indifference, that mercy itself could not have dictated a milder system.”

What is a short sentence with austerity?

“Austerity is bang on the mark, they said.”

What does austerity mean?

Austerity means severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness; harsh discipline.