Privations is an English word. Below you'll find 4 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Privations meaning
plural of privation
Using Privations
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of privation
Context around Privations
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Privations
- In this selection, "privations" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, wartime and injuries stand out and add context to how "privations" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include of the privations that it and primarily wartime privations. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "privations" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with privations
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
These losses were due primarily wartime privations. (7 words)
The Bulgarian War Office stated that "losses during the retreat from sickness and privations were much greater than the figures they possess". (22 words)
Dutta has lived under the oppression of socialism in India and has a better perspective than the average American of the privations that it enforces on its people. (28 words)
Don Quixote's tendency to intervene violently in matters irrelevant to himself, and his habit of not paying debts, result in privations, injuries and humiliations (with Sancho often the victim). (30 words)
Dutta has lived under the oppression of socialism in India and has a better perspective than the average American of the privations that it enforces on its people. (28 words)
The Bulgarian War Office stated that "losses during the retreat from sickness and privations were much greater than the figures they possess". (22 words)
Example sentences (4)
Dutta has lived under the oppression of socialism in India and has a better perspective than the average American of the privations that it enforces on its people.
Don Quixote's tendency to intervene violently in matters irrelevant to himself, and his habit of not paying debts, result in privations, injuries and humiliations (with Sancho often the victim).
The Bulgarian War Office stated that "losses during the retreat from sickness and privations were much greater than the figures they possess".
These losses were due primarily wartime privations.