Meanings of sudden emergencies in English

Usually he met sudden emergencies rather calmly, sometimes with phlegmatic indifference.

They formed a material from which armies could be extemporized on any sudden emergencies.

He had dealt with sudden emergencies before, and he treated this one with characteristic decision.

The assembly of the warriors of the tribe was convened at stated seasons, or on sudden emergencies.

Unaccustomed to sudden emergencies, her head began to swim, and her grip upon the bridle to relax.

This cavalry, which was scattered through all the seventeen provinces, was only to be called out on sudden emergencies.

Being a man of ready resource, however, and one who was accustomed to sudden emergencies, he soon recovered himself.

A navy three or four thousand miles off can be of little use, and on sudden emergencies, none at all.

That country is so remote as to render it impracticable for the consul to ask and receive instructions in sudden emergencies.

But his brave heart bore him up, and his wonderful capacity for devising expedients on sudden emergencies did not forsake him.

The constitution of that republick is, indeed, such as makes its alliance not valuable, on sudden emergencies, in proportion to its wealth and power.

Robert Treat Paine having disappeared from the stage, there was nobody left but Lucius Manlius Sargent and John Pierpont for celebrations and sudden emergencies.

As this power is to be exercised upon sudden emergencies, congress has by law authorized the president to call out the militia for these purposes.

'For how else can the city respond quickly and authoritatively to sudden emergencies?'