inclemency

Example Sentences

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It offers no protection against inclemency of the weather.

From Time Magazine Archive

He found Aunt Selina at home; a slight cold in the head and the inclemency of the weather had been sufficient to make her forego church for this Sunday.

From The Whirligig of Time by Williams, Wayland Wells

The settlers were, besides, suffering from dysentery, fever, and other complaints, brought on by an unaccustomed mode of life, in dwellings that were mere hovels, and subjection to the inclemency of the rainy season.

From In the Andamans and Nicobars The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin" by Kloss, C. Boden

There, with an umbrella to protect me from the inclemency of the weather, I sat upon the hard seat between Achille and the rough man who was the driver.

From A Fluttered Dovecote by Fenn, George Manville

A lead-covered penthouse wards off the inclemency of the weather.

From Cathedral Cities of Italy by Collins, William Wiehe