do without luxury

Frequency: 6.55.5 per million words

To live or manage without having luxurious things.

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Examples (10)

  • We had to do without many luxury items during the lean years.
  • After losing his job, he learned to do without luxury.
  • Some people choose to do without luxury for environmental reasons.
  • They were accustomed to a simple life and could easily do without luxury.
  • It's hard to imagine life where you have to do without luxury completely.
  • For the expedition, the team prepared to do without any luxury.
  • The family managed to do without luxury to save money for a house.
  • Can you truly be happy if you constantly have to do without luxury?
  • Living abroad, she learned to do without certain luxury goods she enjoyed back home.
  • The ascetic monk taught his followers how to do without luxury.