concernment

Example Sentences

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Nearly everyone, Washington observed with consternation and annoyance, had “matters of private concernment which required them to be absent.”

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy

Through never a moment I've known how to live lest All my thoughts but as one pressed You-ward for their concernment.

From The Tempers by Williams, William Carlos

The maintenance of the air-circuit is a matter of much concernment to the operators, for on it depends not only the health and security of the men but the safety of the mine itself.

From Seeds of Pine by Canuck, Janey

I doubt it not, Se�or, but I have desired to see thee, this night, on a matter of private, rather than of public concernment.

From Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay by Cooper, J. Fenimore

That persons of known integrity may be employed in all parts, and a sufficient salary allowed, as becomes a trust of that great concernment.

From The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study by Smith, A. D.