How to Use austerity in a Sentence

austerity

noun

• They lived through years of austerity after the war.
• The austerity of their lifestyle was surprising.
• And, the bathing place was 3 Li west of the spot where Siddhārtha took austerities.
  — Paul Salopek, The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2019
• There’s little hint of austerity on the rest of the campus.
  — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 9 Nov. 2023
• There is austerity, romance, and courage to the life of the artist as Connell lived it.
  — Gemma Sieff, Harper’s Magazine , 4 Jan. 2022
• Their instinct comes from the land; the Flemish culture is deeply linked to the austerity of the ground.
  — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 15 Jan. 2021
• There are all sorts of bad things that can come out of austerity.
  — Kira Bindrim, Quartz, 25 Apr. 2022
• Being back out in the world after a year of austerity is a boost of dopamine.
  — Margaret Littman, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Aug. 2021
• On the flip side, more than a decade of austerity has seen funding cuts across the arts sectors.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 May 2024
• Now the test is whether the company can stick to its austerity goals.
  — Dallas News, 9 Apr. 2021
• The aim was to show a move from post war austerity to more optimistic times.
  — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 20 Nov. 2019
• The prime victims of this austerity are the movie’s actors.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2021
• In the new austerity era, white-collar workers will bear the brunt of layoffs.
  — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2023
• Forget the new normal — movies and TV are about to encounter the new austerity.
  — Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2020
• In an era of media austerity, the sharing of resources can go a long way.
  — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Feb. 2023
• The fiscal austerity of the recent past has left large portions of the United States broke.
  — Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein, The New Republic, 1 Apr. 2022
• In much of the Western world, pancakes are eaten on Shrove Tuesday, the last day before the start of Lent and its 40 days of austerity.
  — Grace Linden, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Feb. 2023
• The cabin has a technical austerity to it — in a good way.
  — Nargess Banks, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2021
• Part of the reason the city is able to reduce the levy is the austerity measures taken throughout 2020 to save money, Lyons said.
  — Steve Lord, chicagotribune.com, 3 Dec. 2020
• But the episode reflects a shift away from the focus on fiscal austerity that prevailed in the Obama era.
  — Neil Irwin, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2021
• But progress will likely come hand-in-hand with austerity.
  — Adam Tamburin, Axios, 2 Jan. 2025
• The long-term effects of austerity are still playing out.
  — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
• The austerity of the kitchen is contrasted by a bright breakfast nook, with a miniature velvety sofa fit for the kids.
  — Cynthia Frank, ELLE Decor, 14 Oct. 2020
• There is a perennial lightness to his food, which is not to say austerity.
  — Jonathan Kauffman, SFChronicle.com, 17 June 2018
• In an era of austerity, though, his salary could not be justified.
  — New York Times, 27 Aug. 2021
• On top of that, Adams has used the arrival of migrants as an excuse to blow holes in the city’s own budget and argue for an austerity agenda.
  — Max Rivlin-Nadler, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2023
• Some see a wave of austerity coming to an industry known for its glamour and largesse.
  — Joe Otterson, Variety, 21 Nov. 2023
• President Pérez put forth a series of austerity measures that drew the ire of many.
  — Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2022
• And so the film, for all its gore and austerity, ceases to be anything but another rote war drama, with predictable arcs that bend toward heroism.
  — Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 17 Apr. 2025
• The Medicaid program appears to be a very likely target of budget austerity measures, to help partially pay for an extension of the tax cuts enacted during President Trump’s first term in office.
  — Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025