Sentence examples for most basic necessity from inspiring English sources

Oddly, the most basic necessity, toilet paper, was absent when we checked in, requiring a request to the front desk.

Two-and-a-half years after the Haiti earthquake, the most basic necessity — safe, permanent shelter — remains out of reach for hundreds of thousands of the displaced.

Two-and-a-half years and billions of dollars later, the most basic necessity — safe, permanent shelter — remains out of reach for hundreds of thousands of the displaced.

In 2006 John Reid, who was then British defence secretary, triggered headlines such as "Water wars loom" after disclosing that a unit at his ministry was preparing for a world of battles over life's most basic necessity.

Water is the most basic necessity of life.

Our people experienced great hardship as the most basic necessities of life became non-existent.

For storm survivors, life has become a giant scavenger hunt for the most basic necessities.

In my hometown, nearly one in three children live in poverty, facing profound insecurities about the most basic necessities, such as food, safety, and shelter.

The capacity of Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia to provide even the most basic necessities was, she warned, "on the brink of collapse".

But the reality today in occupied Palestine is that there is no bread to win because the international community has imposed comprehensive sanctions on the Palestinians, denying them even the most basic necessities for survival.

Denied the most basic necessities, the prisoners were quick to realise the value of a stack of donated bibles, from which torn out pages could be used as toilet paper.