exigences

To obviate future exigences, Constantia betook herself once more to the needle.

From Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness by Charles Brockden Brown

His weakness was not, however, shared by the ladies who, having him fast in their grips, knelt, under the exigences of the situation, beside him.

From A Poached Peerage by William Magnay

The first impulse was to fly from the scene; but I could not be long insensible to the exigences of the moment.

From Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 by Charles Brockden Brown

The Emperor, as I shall hereafter have occasion to notice, has very little surplus revenue at his disposal, and is frequently distressed for money to pay his army and other exigences of the state.

From Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton by Sir John Barrow

N.B.—The exigences of the Drama are responsible for his making his appearance here, instead of waiting, as is more usual, at the church.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, February 1, 1890 by Sir F. C. (Francis Cowley) Burnand