urgent

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.