How to Use dearth in a Sentence

dearth

noun

• The dearth of homes on the market has helped prop up prices.
  — Alex Vega, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2023
• The dearth of films about the subject is a double-edged sword.
  — Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2020
• As with the running game, the dearth of big plays is glaring.
  — Tom Groeschen, Cincinnati.com, 20 Oct. 2017
• For some of us, one of the more painful voids of the present moment is the dearth of live events in the concert hall.
  — David Mermelstein, WSJ, 1 June 2020
• The dearth of photographs of a younger Tubman has led to false claims in the past.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 10 Feb. 2017
• Howard sees an echo of that in the dearth of Black goalkeepers.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2020
• One place where there isn’t a dearth of Bibles is Chattanooga.
  — G. Jeffrey MacDonald, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Oct. 2017
• There was no dearth of paintings evoking love in the past.
  — Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov, Harper's magazine, 28 Oct. 2019
• The dearth of homes on the market has buyers scrambling.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 20 May 2021
• In a strange twist, there’s no dearth of jobs in Allegany.
  — J.f. Meils | Ap, Washington Post, 2 June 2017
• Still, that couldn't account for the dearth of worshippers at the Wall.
  — David Faris, Newsweek, 9 July 2024
• Despite the depth of the crisis and dearth of funding, there is a glimmer of hope.
  — Steve Hamm, Hartford Courant, 7 June 2022
• Most of the honey a colony makes will stay in the hive to sustain the bees in winter and other times of dearth.
  — Gemma Tarlach, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 July 2019
• Yet the dearth of fronds has left many parishioners scrambling.
  — Hanna Krueger, NOLA.com, 18 Aug. 2017
• Alongside the dearth of goods, a shortage of workers emerged.
  — Max Zahn, ABC News, 9 Dec. 2022
• There are a few factors contributing to the dearth of used cars on the market.
  — Rachel Schnalzer, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2021
• That meant that there was a dearth of resources in the region for Kinigopoulos to get her hands on.
  — John-John Williams Iv, baltimoresun.com, 5 Oct. 2017
• But a dearth of details has raised questions as to whether this was an idle claim.
  — Simone McCarthy, CNN, 5 May 2022
• That dearth of storage forced holders of the May futures...
  — Amrith Ramkumar, WSJ, 21 May 2020
• Bus and train service has been cut back in the tourist city of Lyon amid a dearth of drivers.
  — Liz Alderman, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2022
• The dearth of science is a common theme with wildfire smoke.
  — Marc Peruzzi, Outside Online, 5 June 2019
• The question is: Will this budget-friendly shift mean a dearth of great shows?
  — Judy Berman, TIME, 30 May 2024
• Roughly 70% of counties have the same dearth of access for preschool-aged kids.
  — oregonlive, 4 Aug. 2022
• With job growth slowing, though, and a dearth of bright prospects, that old narrative seems to be back.
  — Mike Rogoway, The Seattle Times, 14 May 2017
• The lack of a single grocery store, and a dearth of transportation options to get to one.
  — Scott Dance, Baltimore Sun, 10 Sep. 2022
• There’s no dearth of money in Asia or in Europe or in India.
  — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2024
• Prices reflect the rarity of the watch, and the spread on prices reflects the dearth of recent sales data.
  — David Flett, Robb Report, 2 July 2024
• There’s a surfeit of acting talent in them, and a dearth of uplift.
  — Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2022
• The dearth of treatments created a kind of feedback loop.
  — Maryn McKenna, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2024
• The transatlantic trade in enslaved people, which produced a dearth of men in West Africa, helps explain the comparatively high prevalence of polygyny there now.
  — Stephanie H. Murray, The Atlantic, 26 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 31 Oct 2024