dearths
- plural of dearth.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Old timber towns with shuttered mills, flood-soaked cities and rural areas left off high-speed broadband networks suffered dearths of economic opportunity, even as Puget Sound’s largest cities flourished with explosive tech growth.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 6, 2021
No doubt in this case and in all others, many checks concur, and different checks under different circumstances; periodical dearths, depending on unfavourable seasons, being probably the most important of all.
From The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I by Darwin, Charles
In attempting his salvation, by proffering advice to the "broken-hearted," he respectfully but firmly-131- declined; deliberately preferring old-bachelorship, with all its dearths, of which he seemed fully conscious.
From Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society by Cooke, Maud C.
The frequency of local dearths, and the diversity and fluctuation of prices, were thus extreme.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" by Various
It can thus obtain food beyond the reach of the other Ungulata or hoofed animals inhabiting the same country; and this must be a great advantage to it during dearths.
From The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, 6th Edition by Darwin, Charles
