inclemency

Example Sentences

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It offers no protection against inclemency of the weather.

From Time Magazine Archive

He constructs no clothing, nor any covering to shield him from the inclemency of the weather, but is satisfied with tawny, shaggy covering, which nature has provided.

From Know the Truth; A critique of the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation by Jones, Jesse H.

Besides, they generally want the means of shelter against the inclemency of the weather and against pursuit by their enemies, which holes and dens afford to burrowing animals and to some larger beasts of prey.

From Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action by Marsh, George P.

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

From Cathedral Cities of Italy by Collins, William Wiehe

They are scarcely sensible of painful agents, and are unconscious of heat, cold, or the inclemency of the weather.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)