concernment

Example Sentences

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Nearly everyone, Washington observed with consternation and annoyance, had “matters of private concernment which required them to be absent.”

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy

Now there is in everything properly called art this concernment of the intellect, even in the province of the art which seems merely practical.

From The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) by Ruskin, John

The maintenance of the air-circuit is a matter of much concernment to the operators, for on it depends not only the health and security of the men but the safety of the mine itself.

From Seeds of Pine by Canuck, Janey

In Appellations and References of particular concernment, if all parties having interest, have been present in the inferiour Judicatorie when the Appeal and Reference was made, then there is no necessitie of citation.

From The Acts Of The General Assemblies of the Church of Scotland by Church of Scotland. General Assembly

Besides certain relations which it bears to matters of private concernment, I am not satisfied as to how I should deal with the ruffian we have suffered to depart so easily.

From The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 by Various