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

His nonchalant attitude toward the exigencies of the stage rankled the more experienced cast members, who resented the way he tried to control their every movement.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2024

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

They might grow old and another set take their places, but there would always be some room to enlarge, or some want growing out of the exigencies of a new day.

From A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. by Bartlett, William Chauncey