inclemency

Example Sentences

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It offers no protection against inclemency of the weather.

From Time Magazine Archive

There, with an umbrella to protect me from the inclemency of the weather, I sat upon the hard seat between Achille and the rough man who was the driver.

From A Fluttered Dovecote by Fenn, George Manville

The settlers were, besides, suffering from dysentery, fever, and other complaints, brought on by an unaccustomed mode of life, in dwellings that were mere hovels, and subjection to the inclemency of the rainy season.

From In the Andamans and Nicobars The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin" by Kloss, C. Boden

The abundance of seals in Arctic America enables man to withstand the inclemency of the climate and the sterility of the soil.

From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court

The internal parts of the building must not be exposed to the inclemency of the seasons.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 by Various