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.
• Looming state budget deficits and austerity policies will ensure that even more schools are public in name alone.
  — Astra Taylor, The New Republic, 8 Sep. 2020
• One by one, firms that implemented austerity measures have reversed them in recent weeks.
  — Sara Randazzo, WSJ, 5 Oct. 2020
• There's an austerity to the film — long shots of stone and candlelight, clipped dialogue — that can feel rigorous, almost grim.
  — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 12 Sep. 2020
• A decade of austerity had just gutted the nation’s gross domestic product by a third and wreaked financial havoc on its working class.
  — Alexander Clapp, The New Republic, 28 Sep. 2020
• Germany has thrown its weight around less than sceptics feared, though indebted southern Europeans are still sore about crisis-era austerity.
  — The Economist, 3 Oct. 2020
• Kubrick, too, was often described in terms of his apparent coldness, austerity, and perfectionism.
  — Will Stephenson, Harper's Magazine, 15 Sep. 2020
• Those two choices—austerity or assistance—summarize the partisan divide that’s stalled the next round of pandemic aid.
  — Miles Howard, National Geographic, 18 Sep. 2020
• Scientifically, foliage is all sacrifice and hunkering down — leaves change colors because their trees are prepping for months of austerity.
  — Chicago Tribune Staff, chicagotribune.com, 1 Oct. 2020
• Economic stability was promptly replaced by recession and austerity in financial capitals and small towns around the world.
  — Bob Ainsbury, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2020
• 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 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
• 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
• 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
• German arts workers expect that the measures, part of a broader austerity effort by the city’s government, will threaten nearly a third of fine art studios, reduce funding for exhibitions and public art, and cut resources for arts education programs.
  — Angelica Villa, ARTnews.com, 27 Nov. 2024
• For the first time in 2 decades, Argentina’s scientific community is experiencing substantial job losses and funding cuts as a result of austerity policies imposed by President Javier Milei, two recent analyses have found.
  — science.org, 8 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 23 Jan 2025