Emergencies

Examples

• Special contrivances, wonderful in their operation, were invented to meet exigencies and emergencies. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• As you say, it is as well to be prepared for emergencies. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• We could not and ought not to be rigidly bound by the rules laid down under circumstances so different for emergencies so utterly unanticipated. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• But my voice (habitually gentle) possesses a high note or so, in emergencies. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• To all other emergencies and complications my natural capacity for grappling, single-handed, with circumstances, was invariably equal. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• With a wary eye on future emergencies, I kept the letter. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• It was understood that Miss Bart should fill the gap in such emergencies, and she usually recognized the obligation without a murmur. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• The general operation was simple, and in normally active times the mechanism and the registrar were equal to all emergencies. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• It is in such countries, therefore, that he generally endeavours to accumulate a treasure, as the only resource against such emergencies. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• In such emergencies, the bank, it is supposed, would break through its ordinary rule of making payment only to the holders of receipts. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Meeting all Emergencies. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• In certain emergencies my mind is remarkably soon made up. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I dressed, then, to be ready for emergencies. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.

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