How to Use immediate in a Sentence

immediate

adjective

• The response to the crisis was immediate.
• The wildfire poses no immediate threat to any houses in the area.
• The effect of the new policy will be unknown for the immediate future.
• He was sitting to my immediate right.
• The danger is not immediate.
• The new restaurant was an immediate success.
• They have evacuated everyone in the immediate area of the wildfire.
• Many people suffered in the war's immediate aftermath.
• This crisis calls for immediate action.
• This requires your immediate attention.
• There wasn’t any immediate word on what sparked the blazes.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2023
• There is a chance — slim, but a chance nonetheless — of glory in the immediate present.
  — Tariq Panja, New York Times, 8 June 2023
• Rain, rain, go away The most immediate concern for today’s event is the weather.
  — Travis Caldwell, CNN, 18 Feb. 2024
• Like so many things during the pandemic, the project was born out of quick thinking and an immediate need.
  — Juliette Rihl, The Arizona Republic, 8 June 2023
• The book is so well-written, and so immediate and engaging and clear.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 22 Nov. 2023
• The Teamsters said the deal includes a wage increase of $8 per hour over the length of the five-year contract, including an immediate $4-per-hour raise in the first year.
  — Lauren Kaori Gurley, Washington Post, 29 Feb. 2024
• Long-term debt is a concern Paulson said the debt is not an immediate worry.
  — Eva Rothenberg, CNN, 6 Aug. 2023
• This, of course, led to immediate screams of excitement from those gathered around him.
  — Anna Chan, Billboard, 19 Feb. 2024
• Despite the rapid success, the Offspring didn’t make the immediate jump to arenas, nor were the members quick to leave their daily lives behind.
  — Daniel Kohn, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
• The team did not have an immediate update beyond announcing Kane would be unavailable the rest of the game.
  — Detroit Free Press, 15 Jan. 2024
• However, the use of films and videos is believed to be more impactful and immediate.
  — WIRED, 11 Nov. 2023
• The problems with the defense measure were only the most immediate challenge.
  — Carl Hulse, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2023
• Hays had made an immediate impression on Hyde in the spring of 2019, the latter’s first as a major league manager.
  — Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 11 July 2023
• In the immediate aftermath of the fires, tens of thousands of tourists evacuated the island.
  — Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2023
• First, there are the immediate effects of sudden heat waves themselves.
  — Amanda Hoover, WIRED, 13 July 2023
• The work will make the schools more spatially flexible to support some of the immediate and long-term needs of the district, officials said.
  — Mike Nolan, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2023
• But his judgment in the immediate aftermath of the scandal, reported by Robert Harris, a chronicler of the episode, was more to the point.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2023
• To lose a game like this – four of the Bucks starters played 40-plus minutes – would have been an immediate waste of energy output and time investment.
  — Lori Nickel, Journal Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2024
• The basic rations are essential in the immediate term, but can lead to dependency over the long term.
  — Dianne Calvi, Fortune, 20 June 2023
• There was no immediate response to an email seeking comment from his lawyer.
  — Michael Kunzelman and Alanna Durkin Richer, BostonGlobe.com, 12 July 2023

Last Updated: 5 May 2024