inclement
adjective
(of the weather, the elements, etc.) severe, rough, or harsh; stormy.
inclemency
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a word derived from
inclement.
Example Sentences
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It offers no protection against inclemency of the weather.
From Time Magazine Archive
The bones have everywhere been taken out of the tombs, and exposed on the surface of the ground to the inclemency of the weather.
From Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. by Xavier Hommaire de Hell
He found Aunt Selina at home; a slight cold in the head and the inclemency of the weather had been sufficient to make her forego church for this Sunday.
From The Whirligig of Time by Wayland Wells Williams
We suffered also greatly from the inclemency of the weather, as we had no tent to shelter us.
From A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean in the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 New Edition with Introduction, Notes, and Illustrations by J. B. Tyrrell
A lead-covered penthouse wards off the inclemency of the weather.
From Cathedral Cities of Italy by William Wiehe Collins
