incipiency

Example Sentences

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His physical strength and the influence of his personality were quickly used to check in incipiency any evidence of approaching disorder.

From Sergeant York And His People by Cowan, Sam K. (Sam Kinkade)

Let us suppose this to be the incipiency of the paroxysm, or the early part of the cold stage.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

To evolve the silk glands would have required, as for most other organs, a long period of incipiency, during which they would have been useless.

From Evolution An Investigation and a Critique by Graebner, Theodore

Every phase of the malady as it formerly existed is depicted, as also the discoveries and incidents attending its detection and cure in its incipiency.

From Another World Fragments from the Star City of Montalluyah by Lumley, Benjamin

In order to make the theory of water erosion tenable it is assumed that the Colorado river started in its incipiency like any other river.

From Arizona Sketches by Munk, J. A. (Joseph Amasa)