How to Use born of necessity in a Sentence

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  • Legend has it that the McRib was born of necessity in 1981 during a shortage of the chicken meat used to make McNuggets.
    Chuck Blount, San Antonio Express-News, 14 Dec. 2021
  • The graduate of Trinity High School in Euless said the protest was born of necessity.
    Rebecca Aguilar, Dallas News, 1 Mar. 2022
  • Gordon said those skills, born of necessity, are what set his teachers apart from many in suburban districts.
    Leila Atassi, cleveland, 19 Sep. 2022
  • For Jordyn, the need to clear capacity for the Black trans community was born of necessity.
    Essence, 12 Jan. 2023
  • The Carlton Winemakers Studio was born of necessity in 2002.
    Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 25 Aug. 2021
  • This pragmatism, born of necessity, will always be in fashion.
    Michael Kimmage, The New Republic, 26 Jan. 2021
  • This entrepreneurial bent, often born of necessity, goes back a long way.
    New York Times, 17 Dec. 2021
  • In some sense, that approach was born of necessity once producers realized original cast member Lizzy Caplan wouldn’t be able to return.
    WIRED, 24 Feb. 2023
  • During a recent panel discussion about the popularity of pods among black families, Lakisha Young of Oakland Reach, a parent-advocacy group, said the movement was born of necessity.
    Jason L. Riley, WSJ, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Southern California’s assortment of water supplies was born of necessity.
    Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Sep. 2022

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