Synonyms
Examples of urgent in a Sentence
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.
Recent Examples on the Web
The strategy from Johnson, set for a Saturday vote in the House, is in large part an effort to appease House Republicans who have rejected the idea of sending more aid to Ukraine during a time when national security officials have stressed an urgent need to get support to U.S. allies.
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Lawrence Andrea, Journal Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2024
So the Ukrainians need more, and that’s the urgent and important message from me to all allies.
—Nicole Winfield, Quartz, 18 Apr. 2024
With extraordinary access and urgent storytelling, Antidote anchors its timely narrative on whistleblowers and activists who have worked to uncover Vladimir Putin’s deadly regime — and are now facing dangerous and fatal consequences for their courageous actions.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 17 Apr. 2024
The proposals were laid out by People Acting for Community Together, or PACT, a nonprofit interfaith group made up of some 40 churches, synagogues and mosques in Miami-Dade that each year presses public officials to embrace their plans to dealing with some of Miami’s most urgent social problems.
—Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2024
Ukrainian commanders are hopeful that several initiatives by European allies to secure hundreds of thousands of artillery shells will soon start to alleviate their urgent need.
—Marc Santora, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2024
All three were transported to Upstate University Hospital for urgent medical care but succumbed to their injuries.
—Timothy H.j. Nerozzi Fox News, Fox News, 16 Apr. 2024
The escalation of gang violence in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, has prompted hospitals to close, caused a shortage of medical supplies and forced medical workers to suspend urgent assistance for Haitians.
—Fredlyn Pierre Louis, NBC News, 16 Apr. 2024
On Friday, human rights lawyers in Germany filed an urgent court appeal, demanding that the government cease authorization of war weapons for Israel, in accordance with the country’s War Weapons Control Act.
—Cate Brown, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024
Lawrence Andrea, Journal Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2024
So the Ukrainians need more, and that’s the urgent and important message from me to all allies.
—Nicole Winfield, Quartz, 18 Apr. 2024
With extraordinary access and urgent storytelling, Antidote anchors its timely narrative on whistleblowers and activists who have worked to uncover Vladimir Putin’s deadly regime — and are now facing dangerous and fatal consequences for their courageous actions.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 17 Apr. 2024
The proposals were laid out by People Acting for Community Together, or PACT, a nonprofit interfaith group made up of some 40 churches, synagogues and mosques in Miami-Dade that each year presses public officials to embrace their plans to dealing with some of Miami’s most urgent social problems.
—Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2024
Ukrainian commanders are hopeful that several initiatives by European allies to secure hundreds of thousands of artillery shells will soon start to alleviate their urgent need.
—Marc Santora, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2024
All three were transported to Upstate University Hospital for urgent medical care but succumbed to their injuries.
—Timothy H.j. Nerozzi Fox News, Fox News, 16 Apr. 2024
The escalation of gang violence in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, has prompted hospitals to close, caused a shortage of medical supplies and forced medical workers to suspend urgent assistance for Haitians.
—Fredlyn Pierre Louis, NBC News, 16 Apr. 2024
On Friday, human rights lawyers in Germany filed an urgent court appeal, demanding that the government cease authorization of war weapons for Israel, in accordance with the country’s War Weapons Control Act.
—Cate Brown, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024
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“Urgent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/urgent. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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