How to Use immediately in a Sentence

immediately

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• The new law will become effective immediately.
• Dinner was served immediately after the ceremony.
• The cause of the crash was not immediately known.
  — Landon Mion , Greg Norman-Diamond, FOXNews.com, 17 June 2026
• The cause of the blaze was not immediately known.
  — ABC News, 3 June 2026
• It was not immediately known what caused the fire.
  — Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
• The new post has to go up immediately and stay up through the wedding.
  — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
• One question at that spot where my son died could have brought the truth out immediately.
  — Karen Morfitt, CBS News, 17 June 2026
• Dalot turns back inside, and then immediately looks to play over the high press.
  — Jon MacKenzie, New York Times, 27 May 2026
• Due to the teenagers’ ages, their names were not immediately released.
  — Stepheny Price, Fox News, 15 Nov. 2023
• Slice and serve immediately with the gravy.
  — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 May 2026
• The best way to keep them clean is to wipe up spills immediately after cooking, once the stove has cooled.
  — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 20 Feb. 2026
• This will immediately give your the $10 in bonus funds.
  — Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
• The extent of the damage done to the ports was not immediately clear.
  — CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026
• Still, like all good street food, it’s best consumed immediately.
  — Jorge Valencia Mariano Fernandez, New York Times, 14 Nov. 2023
• And almost immediately, the other set of stars were back on the grass.
  — Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 19 July 2026
• The pair immediately hit it off, and two years later, they got married.
  — Lia Beck, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
• His chest immediately tightened and his arm went numb.
  — Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
• The truck driver remained at the scene and was not immediately charged.
  — John Annese, New York Daily News, 19 July 2026
• Liim wanting to work and the two hit it off immediately.
  — Angel Diaz, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2025
• Do the top section of the wall, then immediately paint the section below in the same way.
  — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2024
• Suarez got one more out to complete the fifth but immediately ran into more trouble to start the sixth.
  — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 27 May 2026
• It could not immediately be learned where Shin will be working.
  — David Moin, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2025
• The city commission needs to act immediately to set this right.
  — Chelsea Jones, CBS News, 17 June 2026
• Details of what led to the crash were not immediately available.
  — Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2026
• We were immediately drawn to him.
  — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
• It was not immediately known who the gun belonged to or how the children accessed it.
  — Michael Guise, CBS News, 17 June 2026
• All of that bread doesn’t need to be used immediately, however.
  — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Jan. 2024
• Not that Chris immediately tells the truth.
  — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2025
• The conditions of those aboard the plane were not immediately known.
  — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 17 June 2026
• Their ages were not immediately known.
  — Cbs Chicago Team, CBS News, 3 June 2026