Scarcity in a sentence

Definition of Scarcity

• Owing to this scarcity of water it was necessary to carry a supply with the troops.
• Prices seem reasonable considering the scarcity of some of the paperbacks he handles.
• The only thing he was ever known to grumble about was the scarcity of angleworms.
• So with us there is not a scarcity of money, but there is a scarcity of business.
• This was strikingly manifested during a time of bitter scarcity that befell us.
• Lawrence noticed there was a scarcity of provisions, and inquired what it meant.
• There was no scarcity of provisions, and a large breach was made in the reserves.
• Land and climate alike favored them, but they were confronted with a scarcity of labor.
• A small part has so few rivers and such a scarcity of rainfall that the land is dry and arid.
• She is better off with us, for the terrible scarcity of provisions has not touched us here.
• And even the little they were able to learn was easily lost on account of the scarcity of books.

• So there is a scarcity of linen.
• Result of scarcity of women.
• The scarcity of money is frightful.
• Value is more frequently raised by scarcity than by use.
• Ireland, scarcity of silver in.
• In the summer of 1893 there was a great scarcity of money.
• I have read comments on the scarcity of birds in America.
• Everywheres there's scarcity of onions.
• The country through which it flows is very dry from the scarcity of rain.
• At the beginning of 1896 there was a great scarcity of grain.
• I know no country where there is so great a scarcity of water.
• Then he remembered the scarcity of water and pardoned the dirt.
• It is necessary to explain the cause of this scarcity of water.
• What disease is caused by scarcity of fresh vegetables or fruits?
• And this scarcity springs from lack of confidence in one another.
• On the plains of the high plateau there is a great scarcity of vegetation.
• So great was the rush that a scarcity of ships was soon felt.
• An unusual scarcity of wasps is reported from various parts of the country.
• The scarcity of woods and high trees may probably account for this.
• There is plenty of money, but there seems to be a scarcity of business.
• A great many people say that a scarcity of money is our only difficulty.
• On the farms much of the crop was lost on account of the scarcity of labor.
• The camping-ground had also the disadvantage of a very great scarcity of wood.
• The burden of scarcity or high prices falls on those least able to bear it.
• The scarcity of potatoes is increasing, in spite of a good crop.
• Considering the growing scarcity of this latter voice, why not use boy altos?