In a sentence
Six example sentences with dearth, each labelled with its topic.
A dearth of fresh basil in February pushed the chef to finish the pasta with parsley and toasted walnuts instead.
Cooking
The rural clinic closed its maternity ward after a dearth of midwives left two nurses covering every overnight shift.
Medicine
A dearth of ultramarine pigment in wartime Europe explains why so many canvases from those years lean on ochre.
Art
A dearth of outside shooters lets the defense pack the paint, and the star center sees three bodies on every catch.
Basketball
The dearth of experienced engineers in the city forced the founders to hire remotely from the first month.
Startups
A dearth of new housing kept rents climbing even as wages in the region stayed flat for five years.
Economics
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