This was a flexible accommodation to an exigency of this particular colonial situation—in this case, the shortage of women in far-flung Siberian colonies.
His Prussian majesty had probably, upon that account, thought it reasonable that it should contribute a good deal more towards relieving the exigencies of the state.
To this end he insisted upon remaining in the vicinity; but the exigencies of the perpetual search for food led them several miles further away during day.
With the exception of warm goodwill generated during ceremonial dinners—which, however, was rooted in the exigencies of diplomacy—the book's handling of human difference is not a cheery read.
The amassing of treasure can no longer be expected; and when extraordinary exigencies require extraordinary expenses, he must necessarily call upon his subjects for an extraordinary aid.
In a particular exigency, the people may, from great public zeal, make a great effort, and give up even a part of their capital, in order to relieve the state.
That's what I meant when I said we've unfortunately got to go back to that 20th-century frame of thinking about we have to deal with the exigencies of a war economy.