urgent

[ˈɜːrdʒənt]

Definition:
1. Compelling immediate action.
2. That needs to be dealt with or happen immediately.

Use 'urgent' in a sentence:

1. There is no urgent need for high-speed trains.
2. It was too late and too urgent to turn back. The die was cast.
3. There is an urgent need for food and shelter for these displaced people.
4. It can be easy to forget important tasks that aren't urgent.
5. He was urgent in his demands.
6. That country made an urgent request for international aid after the tsunami happened.
7. Officials at the State Department say the issue is urgent.
8. They should be reserved for urgent communication.
9. The criminal justice system is in need of urgent reform to prevent more people being wrongfully imprisoned.
10. We have an urgent front-burner public health problem.
11. The memo ends: 'Please give this matter your most urgent attention.'
12. It is urgent that food and clothing be sent to the famine victims.
13. There is an urgent need for new crop varieties.
14. To arrive at a solution is the most urgent task.
15. The general was anxious to cut short the philosophizing and get down to more urgent problems.
16. I have some urgent business to attend to.
17. He had urgent business in New York.
18. He asked to see the manager for something urgent.
19. Churchill telegraphed an urgent message to Wavell.
20. For the Inuit the problem is urgent.
21. 'It is most urgent, sahib,' he said.
22. Writing these scripts has been quite an eye-opener for me. It proves that you can do anything if the need is urgent.
23. His mother leaned forward and spoke to him in urgent undertones.
24. She had a more urgent errand.
25. Writing these scripts has been quite an eye-opener to me. It proves that one can do anything if the need is urgent.
26. I just use a separate list for these urgent tasks.
27. There is an urgent need for food and water.
28. He received an urgent telegram from his father.
29. I suggest that you attend to the most urgent matters and let the rest wait.
30. The doctor has been called to an urgent case.
31. The need for such planning is increasingly urgent.
32. There is an urgent need for qualified teachers.
33. There is a general recognition of the urgent need for reform.
34. Nobody recognized how urgent the situation was.
35. The theatre faces closure unless it gets an urgent cash injection.
36. He tried desperately to convey how urgent the situation was.
37. Urgent talks are going on to prevent the market going into financial meltdown during the summer.
38. She was called away from the meeting to take an urgent phone call.
39. There is an urgent need for more hospital beds.
40. Mark the message 'urgent', please.
41. We've had an urgent message saying that your father's ill.
42. She apologized for the intrusion but said she had an urgent message.
43. His voice was low and urgent.
44. The money could be better spent on more urgent cases.
45. This condition requires urgent treatment.