exigences
Example Sentences
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He recollected that the engagement on his part was voluntary and explicit, and he disdained to urge his present exigences as reasons for retracting it.
From Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness by Brown, Charles Brockden
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
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
The most striking lines, the most eloquent tirades, arise less from the exigences of the drama than from the constant desire of the poet to give expression to his love of Provence.
From Frédéric Mistral Poet and Leader in Provence by Downer, Charles Alfred
Malagise deals in magic, and has a swarm of demons at his back for all exigences.
From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington
