EMERGENCY in a Sentence

Learn EMERGENCY from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

315 example sentences for EMERGENCY, such as:

1. A state of emergency has been declared.
2. The governor declared a state of emergency.
3. They were held together to deal with emergency.
4. You can preserve your balance in every emergency.
5. An emergency fund was set up in reaction to the famine.

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 Meanings and Examples of EMERGENCY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
emergency
 n.  sudden unforeseen crisis; condition of urgent need for action or assistance
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  I believe the stamina has been bred out of them, and when the emergency arises I don't believe they can run against odds.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
2  This was exactly the emergency she had been dreading for weeks.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
3  And even if no emergency developed, Frank would need to make more money, if she was going to save enough for next year's taxes.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
4  There was an air about him that was crisp and cool and he was meeting the emergency with no unnecessary words.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
5  But when the emergency had arisen he had gone off to fight for that same society, even as Archie had done.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLII
6  He was no doubt prepared for any emergency, ready for any one of the foregoing attitudes, just as he bent himself easily and naturally to the situation which confronted him.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XXIX
7  Anxious to know the worst, and willing, in such an emergency, to try the potency of gold he overcame his reluctance to speak to Magua.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 10
8  He well knew the value of time in the present emergency.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 25
9  The lieutenant, returning from a tour after a bandage, produced from a hidden receptacle of his mind new and portentous oaths suited to the emergency.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 22
10  This deficiency was likely to prove perilous in an emergency so critical.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
11  The Jew stepped back in this emergency, with more agility than could have been anticipated in a man of his apparent decrepitude; and, seizing up the pot, prepared to hurl it at his assailant's head.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
12  'Mr. Bolter,' replied Noah, who had prepared himself for such emergency.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLII
13  As Holmes drew the curtain I was aware, from some little rigidity and alertness of his attitude, that he was prepared for an emergency.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE THREE STUDENTS
14  You can preserve your balance in every emergency.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE GOLDEN PINCE-NEZ
15  When alone, Safie resolved in her own mind the plan of conduct that it would become her to pursue in this emergency.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 14
Example Sentence: (105 in 8 pages)
16  An emergency fund was set up in reaction to the famine.
17  The government had the power to legislate by emergency decree independently of Parliament.
18  Fearful of continued unrest, the government imposed a state of emergency.
19  The emergency building is transported in individual modules, such as bedrooms and a kitchen, which are put together on site.
20  Doctors performed an emergency operation for appendicitis last night.
21  If there's any trouble, raise/sound the alarm by pulling the emergency cord.
22  Please release the parachute when there is an emergency.
23  Bauman recommended increased cooperation between the public and private groups that would respond to an emergency.
24  The president imposed emergency rule following the riots.
25  His medical skill is so superb that he can hardly be filled in for an emergency.
26  The governor declared a state of emergency.
27  A state of emergency was declared following overnight rampages by student demonstrators.
28  A state of emergency has been declared.
29  They were held together to deal with emergency.
30  To prepare for the emergency, they built an auxiliary power station.