exigences
Example Sentences
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Owing to exigences of space reference to several important new books has necessarily been postponed.
From Children's Books and Their Illustrators by White, Gleeson
How easy too to avoid this defect, by adapting the subjects of the dances to the different exigences of the different dramas, whether serious, comic, or farcical!
From A Treatise on the Art of Dancing by Gallini, Giovanni-Andrea
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 Collins, Dennis
His weakness was not, however, shared by the ladies who, having him fast in their grips, knelt, under the exigences of the situation, beside him.
From A Poached Peerage by Magnay, William
Although we had been for many years on the verge of war, we had done comparatively nothing to meet its exigences, but stood and stupidly gazed into its fearful abyss.
From The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 by Headley, Joel Tyler
