Thus, for want of a pure diluent with lime in solution, an acid is created in the blood which produces gout in the rich, and rheumatism in the poor, thanks to their meager food and exposure to the weather.
He said, "Then I wish you would let me be your doctor--for want of a better.
At no period are more patients thrown away for want of vigilance.
He was getting more and more restless for wantof some excitement.
The mansion-house which has had to "button itself up tight in fences, for want of green or gravel margin," will be advertising for boarders presently.
No words of mine can express what I have suffered, and am suffering, for want of them.
Mr. Drake was of opinion that even Nice might fall for want of supplies, if the trade with Genoa were cut off.
Raising his broken nose towards his listener, he would add: "For want of a few hundred of these fellows we haven't paid a dividend for years, and look at the price of the shares.
It was in early morning that he always got his strongest feeling of wanting to model things; then and after dark, when, for want of light, it was no use.
Grace assented to the proposal, and the woman told her tale unskilfully, for want of practice, as she declared.
Another, and another with your head up, your eyes flashing, and your vexed mouth worrying itself, for want of him!
I cannot even decide whether to tell him I have spoken to you yet; or to lead him to suppose that I have deferred doing so, for want of opportunity, or for any other reason.
For want of knowing what has been discovered before him, he has not certain general landmarks to refer to, or a general standard of thought to apply to individual cases.
There are those who have gone, for want of this self-knowledge, strangely out of their way, and others who have never found it.
She waged fierce war against her dear papa, she led her parent what is usually called, for want of a better figure of speech, the life of a dog.
If I were not useful in one or two, it shouldn't be for want of trying,' said Tom.
Many weeks elapsed before Martin was strong enough to move about with the help of a stick and Mark's arm; and even then his recovery, for want of wholesome air and proper nourishment, was very slow.
The result of twenty years' effort proved that the theory of scientific education failed where most theory fails -- for want of money.
The king, without replying to me, began to laugh; in which, for want of a better termination to my remark, I was constrained to join.
It was by means of the shadow cast on the sand by the stick, a way which, for want of an instrument, would give him a suitable approach to the result which he wished to obtain.
The floor was covered with fine sand, and taking all in all they were well pleased with it for wantof a better.
As yet, they only hunted in Jacamar Wood, on the left of the river, because, for want of a bridge or boat, the Mercy had not yet been crossed.
I know some who, for want of this faculty, have found a great inconvenience in negotiating with that nation.
We entered the stockade, and saw many lying almost dead for want of assistance and from loss of blood, caused by gun-shot and bayonet wounds.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "for want" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
