exigences
Example Sentences
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He recovered his composure hurriedly, as the exigences of the situation were such that one could readily forget a little inconvenience when one’s life was at stake.
From The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid by Dennis Collins
Malagise deals in magic, and has a swarm of demons at his back for all exigences.
From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by John Addington Symonds
The first impulse was to fly from the scene; but I could not be long insensible to the exigences of the moment.
From Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 by Charles Brockden Brown
The Western emperors established their courts in various parts of Europe, their locations being usually determined by the exigences of rivalry and the territorial success of their usurpation.
From Women of Early Christianity by Alfred Brittain
He recollected that the engagement on his part was voluntary and explicit, and he disdained to urge his present exigences as reasons for retracting it.
From Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness by Charles Brockden Brown
