exigences
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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 Headley, Joel Tyler
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 Collins, Dennis
Owing to exigences of space reference to several important new books has necessarily been postponed.
From Children's Books and Their Illustrators by White, Gleeson
If travelers have ample transportation, it will be a wise precaution, in passing through the buffalo range, to lay in a supply of jerked meat for future exigences.
From The Prairie Traveler A Hand-book for Overland Expeditions by Marcy, Randolph Barnes
This exclusive maintenance, and yet extension of the Creed, according to the exigences of the times, is instanced in other Fathers.
From An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine by Newman, John Henry Cardinal
