A secular person may practice an ascetic lifestyle for a day, month, or an extended period of time as a test of will.

The observation of an ascetic lifestyle can be found in both religious and secular settings.

Both lead an ascetic lifestyle, and are well-respected in their community.

They lived a very ascetic lifestyle and Esther was never allowed to contact her family.

These communities were a direct response to the ascetic lifestyle that early Christians aspired to live.

The beard is also a sign of a nomadic and ascetic lifestyle.

Within the unit, a frugal and ascetic lifestyle was enforced.

A monk is a person who practices a strict religious and ascetic lifestyle.

Fully recovered and healthy, Vaughan began living a more spiritual, ascetic lifestyle.

Generally, such religions are full of life, and have a low esteem for an ascetic lifestyle.