We've come to deliver an urgent message.
an urgent appeal for assistance
He addressed us in an urgent manner.
An urgent voice came over the intercom, telling us to leave the building immediately.
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As the exhibition illustrated, Pan-Africanism also corresponded with urgent anti-colonial, anti-apartheid, and civil rights movements worldwide.—Delinda Collier, Artforum, 1 May 2025 That is the urgent story that authors Allen and Parnes ignored.—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 1 May 2025 Unfortunately, the editorial minimizes the urgent reality facing our region.—Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2025 Israel Asks Greece, Cyprus, Italy and Croatia for Help
Israel has requested urgent assistance from four European nations, according to reports from local media.—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for urgent
Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin urgent-, urgens, present participle of urgēre
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