under necessity

Example Sentences

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For example, he said a lot of attempts to use necessity had failed because the actions taken under necessity must be the only way to safeguard a state's interests.

From BBC • Jun. 29, 2022

Never, save under necessity, should the parent yield up his sacred duty to another, at least during the tender years of childhood.

From The Philosophy of Teaching The Teacher, The Pupil, The School by Sands, Nathaniel

She had not spoken to him, save under necessity, since the evening spent at the Suttons'.

From Anna of the Five Towns by Bennett, Arnold

It's hard to account any other way, sometimes, for the success of the quick decisions you make under necessity that would take a lot of time to work out if you had the time.

From Red Pepper's Patients With an Account of Anne Linton's Case in Particular by Richmond, Grace S. (Grace Smith)

This is for an emergency and can be carried about for months or years, and only opened under necessity, when perhaps one dry match will save your life.

From Canadian Wilds Tells About the Hudson's Bay Company, Northern Indians and Their Modes of Hunting, Trapping, Etc. by Hunter, Martin