exigences
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O thou, that hereafter shalt be the great derision of thine enemies! which of the two shall depend upon himself in exigences with most certainty?
From The Works of Horace by Horace
Miss Lillah McCarthy sacrificed something of her personality to the exigences of a flaxen chevelure.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 18, 1914 by Sir Owen Seaman
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
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 Joel Tyler Headley
His "Magnalia" was printed in England, and the exigences and vicissitudes of publication at that time are fully told in his diary; also the exalted and idealized view which he took of authorship.
From Customs and Fashions in Old New England by Alice Morse Earle
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