exigencies

Example Sentences

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"To spare them from the exigencies of the bill should be done on the grounds that membership of this House would allow them to maintain more easily the contacts that help them perform their duties."

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

It will be encumbered neither by norms nor the exigencies that compel speech in a democratic society.

From Salon • Mar. 10, 2026

Instead, this concealment had been “only from the exigencies of the mid-twentieth century when each one of us—at least those of us who are my age—seems fated for a life which is no longer sharable.”

From Slate • Feb. 10, 2024

The exigencies of war are many and terrifying, leaving suffering on all sides.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 16, 2023

Carlyle records of Frederick the Great, that silver ornaments were kept in his palace, and turned to account under the exigencies of war.

From British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. by Arnoux, L.