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.
• 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
• 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 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
• 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
• 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
• The long-term effects of austerity are still playing out.
  — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
• 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
• Even the White House Christmas tree was not spared, remaining unlit as a sign of austerity.
  — By Jason Bordoff and Meghan L. O’Sullivan , WSJ, 6 Oct. 2023
• While there was some spending in this budget, the direction of travel back to the austerity economics of the last decade was clear.
  — Time, 29 Oct. 2021
• Managers are looking for ways to cut costs in this new era of austerity and belt-tightening.
  — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2023
• As for their homes, Read tried to mimic the austerity of Latter-day Saint temples and meeting houses.
  — Meredith Blakestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2022
• Inslee has railed against the prospect of an austerity budget alongside his fellow Democrats since late last year.
  — Tim Gruver, Washington Examiner, 29 Mar. 2021
• The growth in the royal family’s coffers and Charles’s personal wealth over the past decade came at a time when Britain faced deep austerity budget cuts.
  — Jane Bradley, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Sep. 2022
• In its cold West Marin environs, the syrah grape struggles to ripen, and as such, yields a leathery austerity to this expression.
  — Jeff Burkhart, The Mercury News, 20 May 2024
• In private, and in public, their leading economists agree that harsh austerity is the way out.
  — Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes, 16 July 2023
• Swag has been growing at a moderate clip in an era of white collar austerity.
  — Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 20 Sep. 2024
• About two decades ago, an economic tailspin plunged the country into deep debt and austerity, dwarfing Greeks’ employment prospects and leading to their emigration for better opportunities abroad.
  — Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 16 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Nov 2024