immediacy

Example Sentences

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That may have been a result of the weather, but it also gave the concert an immediacy that more painstakingly scripted shows lack.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

“They are accustomed to flexibility, immediacy, and platform ubiquity. By those standards, the Masters has often appeared restrained, even stubbornly so.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

His linguistic gifts and poetic sensibility for the English language, then in its infancy, gave his translation a vibrancy, immediacy, charm and clarity that have never been matched.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Closely cropped and dramatically lighted, the tight composition gives the familiar scene a new immediacy and intimacy, leavened by the playful interaction of the Christ child and St. John.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

I knew their terrible life so intimately that I was startled by the immediacy of seeing her in person for the first time.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan