incipiency

How to use incipiency in a sentence

• The argument, I mean, which is drawn from the difficulty of accounting for the incipiency of complex structures.

  Evolution, Old & New | Samuel Butler

• He would crush this disaffection in its incipiency, would vindicate himself and strengthen the cause at one and the same time.

  The Octopus | Frank Norris

• The law provided penalty for the deed; the gospel rebuked the evil passion in its incipiency.

  Jesus the Christ | James Edward Talmage

• Those who supported the idea in its incipiency always urged the necessity of employing Negroes in the army.

  The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919 | Various

• The volunteer recruiting in Canada, in its incipiency, while resultful, was soon found to be not adequate.

  Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights | Kelly Miller