Sentences with phrase «great privations»
Those who came freely — the immigrants — and those who came in chains — the black slaves — had to endure great privations before they could achieve full citizenship.
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People who have suffered great privation might be excused for a certain grasping acquisitiveness born of a fear of want.
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He was also born into a society whose privations suppressed many of the great scientific minds of the period.