How to Use immediacy in a Sentence

immediacy

noun
  • There is an immediacy to watching a live performance that you cannot get from hearing a recording.
  • Television coverage gave the war greater immediacy than it had ever before had.
  • But the long and short of it is the immediacy of impact is not felt.
    — CBS News, 31 Oct. 2019
  • The immediacy of the trade makes the move a win, now, for the win-now Knicks.
    — Kristian Winfield, Hartford Courant, 11 Feb. 2024
  • The great rappers tend to work with that kind of immediacy.
    — New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
  • There may be an immediacy to the funding, but the impact will be long term.
    — Lucy Alexander, Robb Report, 17 Apr. 2021
  • The men look so much of their time (immediacy) as to seem to have stepped outside of time (as in a fairy tale).
    — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 6 July 2018
  • Vocals had a stunning immediacy while the range was wide, with adept use of bass as well as mid notes.
    — David Phelan, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Nothing in news equates right now to the immediacy of the events in Ukraine.
    — Howard Homonoff, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2022
  • What mattered most was the immediacy of the singing and the acting.
    — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
  • Stoker wanted to give his story immediacy, and this was the best way to do it.
    — Jeremy Dauber, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2022
  • The film brings the past to life with a vividness and an immediacy that seem wrenched from Davies’s very soul.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 31 May 2022
  • In an instant, a blow is thrown with the immediacy and power of a bullet.
    — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 2 Sep. 2017
  • First among things to consider is the immediacy of the threat.
    — Tom Siegfried, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Jan. 2023
  • And there's an immediacy to it.
    — Alex Apatoff, PEOPLE, 28 Nov. 2025
  • Yet White’s script can’t quite live up to the pictures’ immediacy.
    — Vulture, 9 Feb. 2023
  • But there’s an immediacy about sound.
    — Matt Thompson, SPIN, 4 May 2026
  • But that immediacy and reach on and off TikTok comes at a price.
    — Chris Stokel-Walker, Wired, 1 Mar. 2022
  • The winner's lei around his neck was a sweet smell and allowed time to reflect even in the immediacy of winning.
    — Doug Ferguson, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2024
  • The immediacy of the order was a surprise to many in the global health sector.
    — Melody Schreiber, NPR, 25 Jan. 2025
  • The goal throughout was to move in tight on the food to give the shots the immediacy of Instagram.
    — Jill Wendholt Silva, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2024
  • In later years, the housing option may have more immediacy in dealing with frailty and need for long-term care.
    — Steve Parrish, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Jones’s tale of coming of age in the South as a black, gay poet has a startling immediacy.
    — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2019
  • Just be sure to balance the immediacy of the Dot’s response with teaching your child to wait.
    — Philly.com, 3 May 2018
  • His concern was, and is, immediacy, the task in front of him, solving formal problems step by step.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 13 May 2021
  • The result is a book to match the best things ever written on the subject in terms of immediacy and drama.
    — Monitor Reviewers, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Oct. 2022
  • This transit is all about the heat of the moment, thriving on boldness and immediacy.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Most of what’s on view crackles with immediacy, popping free of its time to wink at the present, but not much of it truly pleases.
    — The New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2017
  • Where startups once burned millions to gain traction, creators use trust and immediacy to vault over those costs.
    — Jason Wingard, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
  • The immediacy of the calming effect can be helpful in a tense moment.
    — Diane Herbst, PEOPLE.com, 16 Dec. 2021

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