How to Use urgent in a Sentence

urgent

adjective

• He addressed us in an urgent manner.
• An urgent voice came over the intercom, telling us to leave the building immediately.
• We've come to deliver an urgent message.
• And that one had, ‘Lyrics, urgent,’ written next to it.
  — David Chiu, Peoplemag, 6 Sep. 2024
• For the briefest moment last week, the sun shone in London, and spring felt close and urgent and real.
  — Raven Smith, Vogue, 7 Apr. 2022
• Therefore, the need to summon more shows may be less urgent.
  — Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2023
• These are signs of a city in urgent need of new leadership.
  — William E. Oberndorf, TIME, 9 Sep. 2024
• Sathyamurthy shakes his head in disapproval and says there’s an urgent need to address the threat to the groves.
  — Mahima Jain, WIRED, 18 Mar. 2023
• In the 1800s, as cities grew rapidly, the need for public green space became more urgent.
  — New York Times, 26 Apr. 2022
• Pritchard’s own hopes for the spaceport were humbler but no less urgent.
  — WIRED, 31 Jan. 2023
• Just before the Prince of Wales left, there was an urgent request to fulfill for his host.
  — Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 3 Oct. 2023
• But most of the calls that are sent to A.C.S. would be considered less urgent for police.
  — Murat Oztaskin, The New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2023
• For Lovelace, who served in the Army and finished a tour in Afghanistan 13 years ago, the issue is personal and urgent.
  — John Diedrich, Journal Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2023
• In the past, that meant an officer had to go to court, or even meet a judge at a diner in the middle of the night if the case was urgent.
  — Ryan Mac, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2023
• The structure was unwieldy yet urgent: 44 (yes, 44) songs over more than three hours.
  — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 18 Mar. 2023
• In some ways, this may be the most urgent of all the question for next year and beyond. Behavior.
  — Alan J. Borsuk, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 June 2022
• Oxygen is an urgent need in this mountain town of 2,857.
  — Peter Elkind, ProPublica, 13 Nov. 2024
• As a sign of the urgent need, the bill passed with only two state lawmakers opposed.
  — Francine Kiefer, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Oct. 2022
• So the Ukrainians need more, and that’s the urgent and important message from me to all allies.
  — Nicole Winfield, Quartz, 18 Apr. 2024
• That makes this week the most urgent time to collect rewards to put players ahead of the curve for the entire season ahead.
  — Chris Edgerton, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2024
• There's now an urgent need to protect the mounds from further damage, Snow said.
  — Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2024
• The state of Noah’s body is still the subject of many of his family’s most urgent and unanswered questions.
  — Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 14 May 2024
• On the other hand, rushing into a sale due to burnout or urgent needs may force you to settle for less.
  — Anatoly Iofe, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
• For the Warriors, there’s nothing more urgent than making up ground.
  — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024
• Now that spring has arrived, her calls have become more urgent.
  — Catherine Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Apr. 2023
• The more urgent issue for leaders on the Hill is funding the government.
  — Dave Lawler, Axios, 19 Dec. 2024
• The urgent message cannot be overlooked: Plastic is a threat to human health.
  — Nick Rockel, Fortune, 29 Nov. 2024
• More than 90% of Gazans are homeless, according to the U.N., and there is an urgent need for tents and other shelters.
  — Ghada Abdulfattah, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Jan. 2025
• In the nineteen-sixties and seventies, the Vietnam War was a matter of urgent concern in politics and scholarship alike.
  — Nikil Saval, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
• The Seahawks have an urgent need along the interior offensive line, and Schneider has spent most of the offseason acknowledging that issue — and explaining his reasoning for the lack of big-time moves.
  — Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025