exigencies

Example Sentences

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"To spare them from the exigencies of the bill should be done on the grounds that membership of this House would allow them to maintain more easily the contacts that help them perform their duties."

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

It will be encumbered neither by norms nor the exigencies that compel speech in a democratic society.

From Salon • Mar. 10, 2026

Economic exigencies are often more urgent than a deference to the past, but Little Tokyo is trying to have it both ways.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 2, 2024

Instead, this concealment had been “only from the exigencies of the mid-twentieth century when each one of us—at least those of us who are my age—seems fated for a life which is no longer sharable.”

From Slate • Feb. 10, 2024

The exigencies of rhyme and rhythm force us to endure some very curious notions of color in the poets.

From Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth by Earle, Alice Morse