Obama's snow-day quip could be seen as a metaphor for the problems facing the country - that people can get out and persevere in inclemency. From Wordnik.com. [1st days give insight into Obama leadership traits] Reference
What mattered the inclemency of the weather to them?. From Wordnik.com. [The Alchemist's Secret] Reference
The inclemency of the air makes that manner of life impracticable to the West. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
Moreover, the merchants and their goods are exposed to the inclemency of the weather. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885] Reference
His moustache, fair and lengthy, is drooping sadly through dampness and the general inclemency of the weather. From Wordnik.com. [Molly Bawn] Reference
My apartments looked delightfully comfortable, and what signified to me the inclemency of the weather without. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 270, August 25, 1827] Reference
By applying it in instalments, little risk is run that, through inclemency of weather, the manure will be lost. From Wordnik.com. [Manures and the principles of manuring] Reference
East, the movement was abandoned; the inclemency of the weather, if no other cause, was sufficient to delay operations. From Wordnik.com. [History of Kershaw's Brigade] Reference
The king said: "Let us repair thither for the night, that we may shelter ourselves from the inclemency of the weather.". From Wordnik.com. [The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 2] Reference
Virginia, and on account of the inclemency of the weather, sought refuge at the house of a planter, whom he met at the door. From Wordnik.com. [Legends, Traditions, and Laws of the Iroquois, or Six Nations, and History of the Tuscarora Indians] Reference
My duties towards my body are, cleanliness, sobriety, temperance, precaution against the inclemency of the seasons, exercise. From Wordnik.com. [The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886] Reference
No previous fatigue or weariness, no inclemency of the weather, or darkness of the night was regarded by these heroic women as. From Wordnik.com. [Woman's Work in the Civil War A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience] Reference
You seem combined together against the inclemency of the weather, the hurry, bustle, ceremony, censoriousness, and envy of the world. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 38, December, 1860] Reference
Miss Mary, sitting high at her parlour window with Gilian, looked out through the blurred pane with satisfaction upon all this inclemency. From Wordnik.com. [Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure] Reference
Trebizond under pretence of going to Kertsch for grain, braved the dangers of the winter voyage when from the inclemency of the weather the. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Schamyl And Narrative of the Circassian War of Independence Against Russia] Reference
Romish superstition; and great numbers were suffered to languish in confinement, till they perished through the inclemency of their dungeons. From Wordnik.com. [Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs] Reference
A good gunner can take five dozen of these birds easily in a morning's work, provided he can and will withstand the inclemency of the weather. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 421, January 26, 1884] Reference
Notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather, and the early hour, every town, as we passed along, seemed in a state of the greatest excitement. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844] Reference
The quarters are without floors, and not sufficient to keep off the inclemency of the weather, they are uncomfortable both in summer and winter. From Wordnik.com. [The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus] Reference
A cold fog, followed by rain, came on; to which we were exposed, without any blankets or covering to protect us from the inclemency of the weather. From Wordnik.com. [American Prisoners of the Revolution] Reference
As for the men, they were poorly fed, their shoes worn out, without tents, and destitute of almost any protection from the inclemency of the weather. From Wordnik.com. [The Spirit of Lafayette] Reference
He had travelled, notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather, and when the shades of twilight fell over the earth, he stood by that dearly loved form. From Wordnik.com. [Withered Leaves from Memory's Garland] Reference
The climate of the island was delightful, and subject to but few variations, so that nothing was to be feared by the new-comers from inclemency of weather. From Wordnik.com. [Working in the Shade Lowly Sowing brings Glorious Reaping] Reference
Notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather, many sought a passage, desirous of reaching the distant city to spend the coming thanksgiving with absent friends. From Wordnik.com. [Withered Leaves from Memory's Garland] Reference
Now the brother was desirous that they should again go to him, especially since his sister was not strong, and it would be well for her to escape the inclemency of a New. From Wordnik.com. [Barbara's Heritage Young Americans Among the Old Italian Masters] Reference
From twelve to fifteen hundred pounds of meat are usually distributed, and such other gifts are made as the inclemency of the season and the necessities of the poor require. From Wordnik.com. [Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries] Reference
But the inconvenience attending this mode of worship gradually suggested the idea of erecting edifices which would afford means of shelter from the inclemency of the weather. From Wordnik.com. [Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome] Reference
They have been actively employed until their progress was interrupted by the inclemency of the season, and will resume their labors as soon as practicable in the ensuing year. From Wordnik.com. [State of the Union Address (1790-2001)] Reference
Frieda would receive a bad impression of the place from the beginning, and, if she had any tendency toward homesickness, the inclemency of the weather would only help to intensify it. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl Scouts' Good Turn] Reference
I leave you to pictoor to yourselves the sorrow of them thar two infant unfortunits, thus severed from their hum an parients, an borne afar, an scarce enough close on to keep 'em from the inclemency of the weather. From Wordnik.com. [Lost in the Fog] Reference
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