exigences
Example Sentences
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Like the steward in the parable, “they cannot dig, to beg they are ashamed;” and like him, they too often resort to unworthy means to supply their exigences.
From Newton Forster The Merchant Service by Frederick Marryat
The Emperor, as I shall hereafter have occasion to notice, has very little surplus revenue at his disposal, and is frequently distressed for money to pay his army and other exigences of the state.
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
When Camilla was published she had been relieved from these exigences, though not from that favour, for five years: and was a thoroughly happy woman, rejoicing in husband and child.
From The English Novel by George Saintsbury
He was one of those whom great exigences develop.
From The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 by Joel Tyler Headley
