Exigencies
['eksədʒənsi:z]
Definition
(pl. ) of Exigency
Typist: Mag
Examples
- Special contrivances, wonderful in their operation, were invented to meet exigencies and emergencies. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In such a state of things, few people would be able, and nobody would be willing to lend their money to government on extraordinary exigencies. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- In practice, there was employed such a number of perforating machines as the exigencies of business demanded. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I should hate to do it, replied Shirley, but I think I could do it, if goaded by certain exigencies which I can imagine. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It may be, occasionally, that the exigencies of the occasion require the work of a performing horse, dog, or other animal. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The sovereign feels that he must provide for such exigencies by saving, because he foresees the absolute impossibility of borrowing. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- To be used intelligently, existing practices, however authorized they may be, have to be adapted to the exigencies of particular cases. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
Typist: Mag