precipitancy

Example Sentences

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English papers opined that French "precipitancy" had blighted the Danubian Union's chances of success. at the outset, but that British "deliberate action" might yet reconcile everyone.

From Time Magazine Archive

Whatever resolve had drained her cheeks and lips of bloom, and lighted the steady flame in her eyes, had been acted upon with precipitancy, lest her nerve should fail.

From Jessamine A Novel by Harland, Marion

They had remained quite speechless, more astonished at the newcomer's impertinence than wrathful at the interruption; and when the next instant Ursula and Margaret suddenly fled with unaffected precipitancy, no one attempted to stop them.

From The Tangled Skein by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness

Sometimes a storm arises, when the precipitancy with which the sleepers gather up their pallets and seek a shelter is the more amusing if witnessed near day-break.

From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Drake, Samuel Adams

Around the corner of the pile of ties came a new figure with cyclonic precipitancy.

From Ralph of the Roundhouse by Chapman, Allen