Sentence examples for dearth in from inspiring English sources

But why the comparative dearth in literary fiction?

As for housing, the dearth in population means big plots at low prices.

And despite the company's marketing hype, there's a sauce shortage and pumpkin latte dearth in many locations.

Dubya's yet to respond, but we're hoping he'll come back with something cutting and witty because there's been a noticeable dearth in celebrity feuds of late.

Perhaps it's the two rules together that caused the dearth in entries: among adolescent readers and writers, science fiction seems to hold mysterious and perennial allure.

To address that dearth, in January, the Volunteer Consulting Group started boardnetUSA, a Web-based service that pairs individuals with groups that want new trustees.

"When the markets turned so rapidly, the company was not built in a way that it could outlive the dearth in venture capital," Mr. Lightfoot said.

— Maria Newman National Geographic: A cool global map of nitrogen fertilizer distribution, depicting its dearth in infertile farming regions and its excess in the world's rivers and streams.

He cites the dearth in developing countries of enforceable safety rules, health care for workers and courts to redress grievances when things go wrong.

Instead he points to his discovery of a striking dearth in reliable peer-reviewed data on what it costs to generate renewable electricity and what determines those costs.

In a 2014 article for Terrorism and Political Violence journal, terrorism scholar Marc Sageman lamented the lack of progress in research on terrorism and radicalisation, drawing attention to the dearth in both quantity and quality of research in the field.