Sentences with dearth
dearth
D d - ...the dearth of good fiction by English authors. [+ of]
- There is a dearth of good engineers.
- The general dearth of women presenters on radio has often been noted, but rarely satisfactorily explained.
- The dearth of women presenters is not unusual.
- Whatsoever doth remaine for money, let Money-mongers, supply when they will. And I referre to Politicians to dispute among themselves whether the dearth of all things which most complaine of doeth proceede from plenty of gold and silver since the late discoveries, or from Monopolies, and combinations of Merchants and Craftsmen, or from Transportation of graine, or from pleasure of great personages, which doe most highly rate such things as they most like, or excesse in private persons, or to all these conjointly.
- Trader Herschel Landes indicates the dearth of traffic on Bridge Road at 3pm yesterday.
- When a goalkeeper does his job, he is liable either not to be noticed or even to be vilified, for his job means a dearth of his goals.