How To Use Dearth In A Sentence

While it is true that the Hogwarts tales are supposed to appeal to young readers, personnel at bookstalls say that there is no dearth of adult readers who cannot wait to see what Rowling has in store in the new book.
But, in the verity of extolment, I take him to be a soul of great article, and his infusion of such dearth and rareness as, to make true diction of him, his semblable is his mirror, and who else would trace him, his umbrage, nothing more. Hamlet
And only a mouthpiece from a similar background with a similar dearth of experience under fire would consider using those words. Quote of the day
Yet there appears to be a dearth of qualified people who are both willing and able to step forward and provide better leadership.
I asked myself where my mother could be, whether she'd also been able to withstand the poison, her lungs adapt to this solitary inclemency and the dearth of oxygen.

It was disappointing to read two recent articles: ‘Summer events threatened by dearth of helpers’ and ‘Guild disbands as membership falls’.
In becoming that figure, he also brought out the essential weakness of official Unionism, its demoralised passivity, its sentimental traditionalism, its dearth of ideas, its hangdog lack of creative energy.
San Francisco Unified is not alone in trying to find ways to address the dearth of minority teaching candidates.
In addition, while Dole faced criticism that she had no prior elective experience, there was scant attention paid to the dearth of women in executive positions of power in the United States.
Broughan is hardly alone in feeling piqued at the dearth of vision amongst the suits at Queen Margaret Drive.
After talking for a while, we went in search for a place to eat lunch - it's not as if there was a dearth of such places.
King of rock Presley had the best life one can imagine with no dearth of cash.
So it is pleasantly ironic that the dearth of male births in the imperial family looks set to force a change in the succession law to allow the first empress since 1771.
Britain's recent dearth of sporting champions has also been blamed on schemes that oppose competitiveness.
Given the dearth of goals elsewhere in this misfiring midfield he could be promoted sooner than he thinks. Times, Sunday Times
There's no great dearth of terrines, no dreadful famine of chicken liver parfait and, as far as I'm aware, the meatpaste market still thrives in its own quiet way, but where oh where are the great slablike pâtés of my youth? How to make pâté
This is the primary reason for the dearth of funding for ageing research, but Dr. de Grey is fighting back.
She was as uncommunicative as she'd been before and this time there was a dearth of clues. DISPLACED PERSON
In spite of, or perhaps because of, the relative dearth of information on the vertebrate body axis, a groundswell of interest and activity is underway.
But, in the verity of extolment, I take him to be a soul of great article, and his infusion of such dearth and rareness as, to make true diction of him, his semblable is his mirror, and who else would trace him, his umbrage, nothing more. Hamlet
We have a proliferation of information, and we have a dearth of resources to help process and assess that information.
I promise you the effects he writes of succeed unhappily; as of unnaturalness between the child and the parent; death, dearth, dissolutions of ancient amities; divisions in state; menaces and maledictions against king and nobles; needless diffidences, banishment of friends, dissipation of cohorts, nuptial breaches, and I know not what. Act I. Scene II. King Lear
These failures can be partially attributed to a lack of political will and a dearth of resources.
For far too long, talk radio in our area has had a dearth of intelligent commentators.
That dearth of elite talent was apparent the first weekend of conference play, when they were swept by Cal and Stanford.
It is an acknowledged fact that there is a dearth of quality scripts in Hollywood as well.
One of the most persistent bottleneck to growth in Zambia over the decades, particularly at the micro level has been the dearth of finance capital for re-investment.
Businesses will have drops in sales as they suffer a dearth of customers.
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But, in the verity of extolment, I take him to be a soul of great article; 25 and his infusion of such dearth and rareness, as, to make true diction of him, his semblable26 is his mirror; and who else would trace him, his umbrage, 27 nothing more. Act V. Scene II
Honeybee colonies rob honey from each other during periods of nectar dearth.
If he find a dearth in this, if it seem to him a circumscription, he does not know Christ, as the 'pleroma', the fullness. The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge
A lack of close friends and a dearth of broader social contact generally bring the emotional discomfort or distress known as loneliness.
The main shopping thoroughfares of Lord, Church, and Bold Streets, achieve, in spite of a dearth of any really good buildings, and a hotchpotch of eccentric styles, quite a pleasing effect.
We have recent history to show that there is a dearth of good investment managers in this government.
atomism" and, concomitantly, dearth of higher virtues in our society. Anarchist news dot org - Comments
Dearth was of such obvious advantage to the usurers that it was commonly believed that they used sorcery to prevent rain from falling.
But, in the verity of extolment, I take him to be a soul of great article; and his infusion of such dearth and rareness, as, to make true diction of him, his semblable is his mirror; and who else would trace him, his umbrage, nothing more. Act V. Scene II. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Maybe this newfound dearth of spazziness is a natural consequence of turning 38, but until they can get that sad eventuality into a gelcap, I give my hearty and unqualified okey-dokey to this weird mystery enzyme. Boing Boing: July 9, 2006 - July 15, 2006 Archives
A dearth of macroinvertebrates, such as mayflies and stoneflies, was why the Hinkson was put on the 303 (d) list, said Steve Hunt, environmental services manager for the city, who questions the reality of reducing flow by 50 percent. Columbia Missourian: Latest Articles
He did good, professional work but reportedly lamented the dearth (to him) of more uplifting assignments in comics.
There is so much expectation on him because the dearth of quality elsewhere is enormous. The Sun
In contrast, many Canadian department stores have such a dearth of sales help that shoplifting is common.
Given the dearth of England centres he must at some stage come into the international reckoning. Times, Sunday Times
First, there is a dearth of reliable information about this most secretive of regimes. Times, Sunday Times
Bankers said that the dearth of new issues meant that fees for underwriting new equity issues had also plummeted this year. Times, Sunday Times
This dearth of scientific evidence has done nothing to dampen the abolitionist ardour of the anti-DDT movement.
But even apart from the reactionary content of their politics, the dearth of substantive analysis brands them as charlatans and imposters.
THERE was a dearth of realistic films set around the conflict in Iraq - until this. The Sun
He feels there is a dearth of good landscape paintings in Kerala.
In the area of health care in camps even though dispensaries were provided with adequate staff yet the related infrastructural facilities equipments are conspicuous by their dearth.
Wenger revealed that the dearth of silverware had "preyed" on his mind and admitted that winning the Carling Cup could be the catalyst to greater success. BBC News - Home
Now it hardly needs adding that mitigating circumstances exist for the dearth of success on the ski slopes.
It could be said that one of the features of contemporary opera is both the dearth of conspicuous talent and the amount of money pursuing it.
But there's no dearth of heart-pounding, pulse-racing, stomach-dropping moments in his latest caper: a multi-stage, long-in-the-planning scheme to rob a well-guarded offshore "banker" of his fortune in laundered assets. In Brief: Mystery
One reason the health effects of steroids are so uncertain is a dearth of research.
Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights, an organization that has long tracked and exposed right-wing movements, "Demographic winter is a relatively new phrase that describes the old alarmist 'birth dearth' concept -- the idea that we're facing declining birthrates which is supposed to portend all sorts of cataclysmic events. AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed
There's been a dearth of four-part harmonisers in pop in recent decades, unless you include The Housemartins - to whom, come to think of it, fellow North Easterners The Furtureheads also bear some visual resemblance.
This is an eminently practical question, and I suspect there is a dearth of literature on the topic.
There is a wig and bootmaker credited, and believe me the dearth of boots and wigs is the only disappointment.
This is not how we prepare our best young footballers and hence the dearth of leadership. Times, Sunday Times
This dearth, it is fair to assume, was caused by the exorbitance of Red-Eye, and it illustrates the menace he was to the existence of the horde. CHAPTER XV
Nowhere is the debate more lively and contentious than in psychiatric genetics, but in truth there is a dearth of substantiated, empirical data.
As with research on hormones, there is a dearth of empirical data to support or refute a biosocial interaction hypothesis of antisocial and violent behavior with respect to toxins, and further tests of this proposition are required.
But here in Scotland, in the regularly recurring famine years of the 17th and 18th centuries, when harvests failed, dearth and death prevailed.
You don't have to be frail or elderly to feel the growing dearth of public seating. Times, Sunday Times
There is no dearth of restaurants, you can find coffee shops, family restaurants, excellent seafood restaurants and fine steakhouses.
18 To the porcelain connoisseur Warren Cox, the proliferation of willowware occurred to the detriment of good taste: “Nothing could better exemplify the utter dearth of aesthetic consciousness than the stupid copying of this design which lacks every element of true Chinese painting and any real claim to beauty whatsoever, and the maudlin stories wrought about it to please the sentimental old ladies of the late eighteenth century.” The Romance of China: Excursions to China in U.S. Culture: 1776-1876
Yet there seems to be a dearth of people arguing consistently using a golden thread methodology.
The lacklustre session was characterised by a dearth of corporate news and subdued trading ahead of the weekend.
It wasn't Oscar's best work - low on razzle and with a noticeable dearth of dazzle.
Despite the dearth of light, his pupils were the size of pin-pricks, and were ringed in jagged circlets of gold.
There is a dearth of specialist practitioners in the field of community care and health law.
Corporate financiers are looking at a dearth of stockmarket flotations this year and expect to rely on companies disposing of non-core businesses and management buyouts to earn a crust.
In times of dearth, body snatchers would try other sources: country churchyards further afield would be raided if they were on good communications routes - road, canal, or sea.
Whereas this same sort of native poetic dearth will inspire fifteenth- and sixteenth-century humanists to link themselves genealogically to classical antecedents, for Horace such a linking is unthinkable.
Out on the road, the Juke is a strange sprite of a trucklet: diminutive, determined, loud, eager, winsome, but — given its dinky wheelbase, stiff antiroll bars, dearth of wheel travel and oddly discombobulated roll axes and center of gravity — also a trifle uncoordinated. Nissan's Jazzy Juke, Imperfect on Purpose
He brought out the essential weakness of official Unionism, its demoralised passivity, its sentimental traditionalism, its dearth of ideas, its hangdog lack of creative energy.
Greg Wyshynski seems to think Raycroft will find a home, but given the dearth of available netminding jobs, that strikes me as incredibly unlikely. Archive 2008-06-01
Bibi Surinder Kaur Badal has started her 'Langar Sewa' drive trying to show as if there is dearth in 'langar' which was started by the second Guru Angad DevJi. PunjabNewsline News
England had few options given the dearth of spin bowlers in the county game. Times, Sunday Times
Almost 800 passengers remain missing with families increasingly upset by the dearth of information. Times, Sunday Times
Television is no better for those of us hungry for imaginative fare, and the dearth of original screenplays makes this writer's blood run cold.
But, in the verity of extolment, I take him to be a soul of great article; and his infusion of such dearth and rareness, as, to make true diction of him, his semblable is his mirror; and who else would trace him, his umbrage, nothing more. Act V. Scene II. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Some farmers are experiencing a dearth of grass and have released the dairy cows and beef cattle onto the silage fields.
But because of cultural differences and a dearth of long-range radio transmitters those initiatives also ended up being small-time, such as fake surrender orders from their commanders dropped on Japanese troops in Burma or rumors spread that their quinine, which comes from the cinchona, was made from the worthless bark of other trees. Wild Bill Donovan
There is a dearth of research on general perceived self-efficacy relative to teen pregnancy.
A similar dearth of reading matter prevails in other school subjects.
However, there is a dearth of research in marketing literature addressing multimarket competition.
These treatments, however, are in short supple due to a significant dearth of democracy resulting from socially and politically entrenched power inequalities and hegemonic ideologies. Wrong Answer!
The dearth of information only adds to the distress. The Sun
Floods in Thailand last year caused a dearth of hard-disk drives, prompting some personal-computer makers and consumers to switch to so-called solid-state disks made with Nand memory chips from companies such as SanDisk, according to Romit Shah, an analyst at Nomura Securities International Inc. That's helping absorb increased production and stabilizing prices, he said. BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
I suppose a dearth of food can famish you and make you anxious to believe any promise of a better life, regardless of your mental faculty .
This problem is exacerbated by a dearth of social housing projects in the Lower Mainland.
The dearth of new instructions is also evident in other parts of the country. Times, Sunday Times
There was a dearth of reliable information on the subject.
But even apart from the reactionary content of their politics, the dearth of substantive analysis brands them as charlatans and imposters.
If you start to get hungry, food options are limited to toasties or bar snacks - a missed opportunity since the area suffers from a dearth of places that serve good pub grub.
Now, there are plenty of places in Shanghai to get a decent brew - if you are willing to pay for it - but there is a definite dearth of hoppy beers in our city.
France, in all parts of the Empire, the lassitude was extreme and the misery increasing, there was no commerce, with dearth pronounced in twenty provinces, sedition of the hungry had broken out in Normandy, the gendarmes pursuing the "refractories" everywhere, and blood was shed in all thirty departments. Napoleon's Campaign in Russia Anno 1812
They were very apologetic, and immediately dispatched a repairman -- the word "repair," as it's affixed to the front portion of his name, suggesting that the man would remedy the calamitous dearth of high definition Uzbekistani infomercials that were once a part of our lives. Martin Marks: Your Guide to Hurricane Preparedness
Conspiracy theories and political point scoring have filled the void left by the dearth of solid information. Times, Sunday Times
There is no dearth of love quotes either, right from a new beginning to a tragic end-all the facets of love have been captured.
The dearth of committed plowmen back home means "we usually finish last or next to last," says Dick Pedersen, an Iowa banker who represents the U.S. on the World Plowing Organization's governing board. In This Field of Dreams, the Gold
Given the dearth of nutrients in their environment, these oligotrophic bacteria must generate their energy from a variety of sources.
Women voters would control a steady and permanent majority — making, say, discriminatory health-care measures such as the Stupak Amendment and the horrible dearth of child-care options for working mothers seem untenable. Matthew Yglesias » Senate “What Ifs”
I promise you, the effects he writes of succeed unhappily; as of unnaturalness between the child and the parent; death, dearth, dissolutions of ancient amities; divisions in state, menaces and maledictions against king and nobles; needless diffidences, banishment of friends, dissipation of cohorts, nuptial breaches, and I know not what. King Lear
That is important given a dearth of high-profile home-grown brands in these territories. Times, Sunday Times
World cricket is fortunate to witness one of the greatest genuine fast bowlers of all time, and that too when there is a dearth for quickies.
Trilling was concerned that, with such a dearth of intellectual challenge, liberalism would become soft, complacent, flabby.
There is serious disharmony among the clubs and a dearth of quality players at international level.
Some farmers are experiencing a dearth of grass and have released the dairy cows and beef cattle onto the silage fields.
Since the durries are woven from waste there is no dearth of raw material as of now, but with the closure of mills it would be a different story.
Lack of energy and a dearth of hooks adds up to one of the most tepid releases Matthews and his crew have released.
Despite their huge popularity, there was a dearth of scientific evidence for any actually helping to battle the bulge. The Sun
On the plus side, the dearth of automobiles means there are no traffic jams.
This season there has been a dearth of good supernatural television, and hopefully this will fit the bill.
Naples suffers from a dearth of decent affordable accommodation.
And from this solitary passageway, the Demon Prince Dearth, along with a number of followers, entered on horseback.
The method of stringing anecdotes together with banalities has contributed, I believe, to the dearth of quality preaching in many churches.
The committee's work was hampered by a dearth of reliable information, with no single body able to speak for the industry. Times, Sunday Times
‘My good young man, eat up,’ said the priest, his face silhouetted, e'en for a dearth of sunlight to cast shadows in the cell-room.
For once, it is not a dearth of international quality, but a surfeit. Times, Sunday Times
Given the near dearth of empirical observations, measurements, and actual knowledge about the effects of carbon aerosols and cloud formations upon convective, advective, and radiative heat transport mechanisms in the atmosphere, how can any claims or conclusions about the effects of emissions be reasonably supportable as a true application of science? RMS and Sulphate Emissions « Climate Audit
Troubled small businesses are discovering that banks are too traumatized by risk to extend them credit—the dearth of lending piquing small businesses. Banker Darts Around Loan Gridlock
John W. Miller/The W.ll Street Journal The U.S. has never come in higher than 12th due to its dearth of committed plowmen. Plowing for Gold
She might get tired of the buckboard ride, the swaying around in the wind and the dearth of heat in the winter.
At the Buccleuch estate in Nithsdale a dearth of grouse forced yesterday's traditional start of the season shoot to be cancelled and rearranged for later this month.
If viewers deplore dearth of quality films, some producers bemoan lack of quality film viewers.
Thus, the "Obama Effect" is not an outrightly delusional mis-perception, but there is a dearth of evidence to suggest it has yet to have any meaningful impact in the Muslim world. "Obama Effect" On Lebanese Election Touted By Some, Doubted By Others
The acute dearth of primary sources or written documents left by the servants themselves in the colonial period acts as a stumbling block.
But contrast this festival with winter concert programmes throughout the country and the dearth of British music is noticeable. Times, Sunday Times
Out on the road, the Juke is a strange sprite of a trucklet: diminutive, determined, loud, eager, winsome, but — given its dinky wheelbase, stiff antiroll bars, dearth of wheel travel and oddly discombobulated roll axes and center of gravity — also a trifle uncoordinated. Nissan's Jazzy Juke, Imperfect on Purpose
Given the dearth of England centres he must at some stage come into the international reckoning. Times, Sunday Times
They believed the end of the world was at hand, and the proliferation of plagues, epidemics, disasters, dearth, famine and wars was to be seen as the mark of the imminent Dissolution.
Of course, back in the 1970's, when the stepfamily was a relatively new phenomenon, that was the only blended family model she knew, and faced with the dearth of information available at the time, Susan became increasingly frustrated. The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
The great dearth of clothes is a great let in the ample vent of clothes, and the price of a cloth, for a fifth, sixth and seuenth part riseth by the colour and dying: and therefore to deuise to die as good colours with the one halfe of the present price were to the great commodity of the Realme, by sauing of great treasure in time to come. The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation
Critics have suggested recently that there is a dearth of large-scale study evidence to support this. Times, Sunday Times
Hudson's dearth of caps probably lays with the devil-may-care attitude he adopted throughout his career.
Yet there is a dearth of new thinking on how to create solid jobs in the manufacturing sector, here and now.
Due in part to his dearth of footballing talent, he lived vicariously through the campaigns and conquests of his schoolmates and friends of greater sporting capacity.
Until the media learns to treat sportswomen with a little interest, we shall continue to have a dearth of role models.
Unfortunately, the dearth of registrars and locums will make implementation of a new system difficult.
Other voluntary groups in the city are also noticing a dearth of young volunteers in these busy times.
‘My good young man, eat up,’ said the priest, his face silhouetted, e'en for a dearth of sunlight to cast shadows in the cell-room.
Now it hardly needs adding that mitigating circumstances exist for the dearth of success on the ski slopes.
Many box schemes include some imported fruits at this time of year because of the dearth of home-grown produce. Times, Sunday Times
She was as uncommunicative as she'd been before and this time there was a dearth of clues. DISPLACED PERSON
There is no dearth of cases of wife battering victimizing women who have made a mark in their professions.
A desperate dearth of top-shelf artworks is having a profound impact on Australia's salerooms.
Ivor can be caustic at times and rails at the dearth of good science in our schools.
Bankers said that the dearth of new issues meant that fees for underwriting new equity issues had also plummeted this year. Times, Sunday Times
This lack of public support is responsible for a dearth of overt fearless principle in the public service.
Before 1994 there was a dearth of music and cultural festivals in South Africa.
My frustration with talk of "self-sufficiency" is that we're in an economy that is facing an oxymoronic jobless recovery, when official unemployment is at 10 percent in places doing well and unofficial unemployment -- when you take into account those who have stopped looking for work or those caught up in the war on drugs on account of the dearth of good jobs -- is through the roof. Redefining Self-Sufficiency « PubliCola
Writing her own roles also lets her go some way to making up for the dearth of good parts for actresses.

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