contingency

• But of course such a contingency is absurd Absolutely absurd The Grass has found another seam in the deck —  Greener Than You Think
• "Those fellows better look out a little or they'll get run over It truly appeared as if this contingency were about to occur, for the soldiers made no attempt to clear the tiny parade ground. —  Boy Scouts Mysterious Signal or Perils of the Black Bear Patrol
• The mere thought of such a contingency was decidedly unpleasant. —  The Easiest Way A Story of Metropolitan Life
• This contingency is harshness in the treatment and trial of ex-President Davis, and more especially his execution as a traitor. —  The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866
• That this contingency was foreseen, and as far as possible provided for, has been shown by subsequent utterances of Sir George White. —  Story of the War in South Africa 1899-1900

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