exigences

Example Sentences

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Although we had been for many years on the verge of war, we had done comparatively nothing to meet its exigences, but stood and stupidly gazed into its fearful abyss.

From The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 by Headley, Joel Tyler

To obviate future exigences, Constantia betook herself once more to the needle.

From Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness by Brown, Charles Brockden

O thou, that hereafter shalt be the great derision of thine enemies! which of the two shall depend upon himself in exigences with most certainty?

From The Works of Horace by Horace

These exigences led to strenuous scenes in the Assembly, and the succession of Regents became still more rapid.

From South America by Koebel, W. H. (William Henry)

The most striking lines, the most eloquent tirades, arise less from the exigences of the drama than from the constant desire of the poet to give expression to his love of Provence.

From Frédéric Mistral Poet and Leader in Provence by Downer, Charles Alfred