Literary notes about Exigent (AI summary)
In literature, "exigent" is often used to evoke a sense of immediacy and uncompromising demand. Authors apply it to describe situations that require urgent attention or strict compliance, whether referring to pressing social needs or critical political issues as in [1, 2]. The term also characterizes individuals with high standards or insatiable desires—ranging from a demanding temperament in personal affairs [3, 4, 5] to the inner struggles of a character whose relentless expectations warp his emotions [6, 7]. In using "exigent" in these varied contexts, writers enrich their narratives by highlighting circumstances and characters defined by severity and urgency.
- It is universally admitted that an increase in the money circulation of this country at the present time is an exigent necessity.
— from Money: Speech of Hon. John P. Jones, of Nevada, on the Free Coinage of Silver; in the United States Senate, May 12 and 13, 1890 by John P. (John Percival) Jones - The exigent political issue of the hour was the Currency question.
— from Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 by James Gillespie Blaine - There were numerous cares for the housewife on so large a plantation, with children and servants, visitors and a rather exigent husband.
— from A Little Girl in Old Washington by Amanda M. Douglas - "The lady, I blush to say it, becomes exigent.
— from Ewing's Lady by Harry Leon Wilson - She was by nature exigent, for she was in her own eyes the pivot of her little world, and for the wider world beyond, she had no eyes whatever.
— from Miranda of the Balcony: A Story by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason - The inner man, still exigent, now exhorted, now demanded, and always rebelled.
— from The Girl at the Halfway House A Story of the Plains by Emerson Hough - And to this exigent demand was added the pang of self-ridicule.
— from Shadows of Flames: A Novel by Amélie Rives
