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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Managers are looking for ways to cut costs in this new era of austerity and belt-tightening.
  — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2023
• 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 private, and in public, their leading economists agree that harsh austerity is the way out.
  — Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes, 16 July 2023
• Luke’s is one of gray austerity, all cloudy skies and dirty fingernails and blocky concrete apartments.
  — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Sep. 2023
• Just four years ago, former Prime Minister Theresa May pledged to bring nearly a decade of austerity to a close.
  — Julia Horowitz, CNN, 16 Nov. 2022
• Within this austerity, the supporting cast does, like Nora, still manage to scrimp and save and come up with something good.
  — Vulture, 9 Mar. 2023
• But Bridges’s focused tone was just right for Perry’s poignant austerity.
  — Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 23 Nov. 2023
• The austerity of the all-white hammam is not without its decadence thanks to the nearly all-marble construction plus the mother-of-pearl inlays.
  — Chadner Navarro, Travel + Leisure, 20 June 2023
• And this is what happens, after 12 years of this party in power, through austerity, through Brexit, through the demise of Britain on the foreign stage—except for in Ukraine, this is what’s happened.
  — Nikolas Lanum, Fox News, 20 Oct. 2022
• The latest economic news suggests those forecasts are coming to fruition, ensuring that the era of tech austerity is here to stay.
  — Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 15 June 2022
• But one pay raise can’t restore the damage wrought by a decade of austerity following the 2008 financial crisis.
  — Emily Ashton, Bloomberg.com, 8 Feb. 2023
• If nothing else, this is probably not the month to try to travel on an austerity budget—good food and a vibrant social scene beckon.
  — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Aug. 2023
• Fire and forestry experts have called for the forest service, decimated by years of austerity, to be restored, and prescribed burns to be scaled up — all of which costs a lot of money.
  — Lydia Depillis, New York Times, 3 July 2023
• Tuscan cuisine is simple, sometimes to the point of austerity.
  — Pete Wells, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2023
• But under the austerity measures of the past decade, serious youth violence in London rose, as the figures from the mayor’s office point out.
  — Euan Ward, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2023
• And the elegant austerity of Zeller’s direction makes the outcome a given, which turns The Son into a punishing slog.
  — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Sep. 2022
• For people outside Britain, who won’t have to suffer the consequences of the austerity policies that Hunt is now intent on pursuing, this is the key question.
  — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2022
• Pakistan has risked default as its reserves dwindle and inflation has spiraled, and to get the IMF bailout, the government has had to agree to austerity measures.
  — Munir Ahmed, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Aug. 2022
• The 2010 election saw the rise of the austerity-minded tea party, as right-leaning pols took over the House and demanded steep spending cuts from then-President Barack Obama.
  — Tony Romm, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Jan. 2023
• Most consequentially, the lull could be a drag on the city’s budget during a time of financial austerity.
  — Matthew Haag, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2023
• Even so, the movie capital does not do austerity terribly well.
  — Brooks Barnes, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024