LACK in a Sentence

Learn LACK from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

379 example sentences for LACK, such as:

1. He never seems to lack energy.
2. Despite his lack of experience, he got the job.
3. At last they ceased working for lack of capital.
4. He exhibited total lack of concern for the child.
5. You lack the courage to say what you really think.

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 Meanings and Examples of LACK
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
lack
 n.  the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
 v.  be without
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Ethan was overcome with shame at his lack of self-control in flinging the news at her so brutally.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
2  They thought none the less of her for her lack of interest.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
3  But only from life could Ellen's face have acquired its look of pride that had no haughtiness, its graciousness, its melancholy and its utter lack of humor.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
4  It was like Gerald that he never wasted regrets on his lack of height and never found it an obstacle to his acquisition of anything he wanted.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
5  While he entertained the liveliest respect for those who had more book learning than he, he never felt his own lack.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
6  Nor did James and Andrew, who took him into their store in Savannah, regret his lack of education.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
7  After all, the man had nothing against him but a lack of family.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
8  She had never had a girl friend, and she never felt any lack on that account.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
9  She dropped her eyes to her plate and nibbled daintily on a beaten biscuit with an elegance and an utter lack of appetite that would have won Mammy's approval.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
10  I know what they are thinking, but they never have the courage or lack of breeding to say what they think.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
11  Already the foundries were beginning to feel the lack of iron, for little or none came through the blockade, and the mines in Alabama were standing almost idle while the miners were at the front.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
12  Uncle Henry was a short, pot-bellied, irascible old gentleman with a pink face, a shock of long silver hair and an utter lack of patience with feminine timidities and vaporings.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
13  You lack the courage to say what you really think.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
14  There would be a good meal at Tara tonight, in spite of the lack of side meat to boil with the vegetables.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
15  And that lack of fear has gotten me into a lot of trouble and cost me a lot of happiness.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
Example Sentence: (169 in 12 pages)
16  Owing to a lack of funds, the project will not continue next year.
17  The lack of a written constitution is a peculiarity of the British political system.
18  She has fought a one-woman campaign for ten years about the lack of childcare provision in the town.
19  At last they ceased working for lack of capital.
20  The lack of urobilin in the feces will be apparent from the light brown to chalky white color of the stools.
21  They showed a lack of common sense that beggars belief.
22  He shows a singular lack of concern for other people's feelings.
23  He exhibited total lack of concern for the child.
24  The report expressed grave concern over the technicians' lack of training.
25  The overwhelming caseload has made the government reluctant to postpone trials, even though virtually all of the suspects lack defense attorneys.
26  Despite his lack of experience, he got the job.
27  The lack of a good education might disqualify you from some jobs.
28  He never seems to lack energy.
29  The event has been postponed indefinitely due to lack of interest.
30  Due to lack of response the event has been cancelled.