immediacy

Example Sentences

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In the immediacy of Disney, it sunk in as wondrous reflection on Donne’s line: “Though I speed not, I cannot miss.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

But in the immediacy it's a question of electoral tactics.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 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

When I hear the word potluck, I am transported, with a kind of olfactory immediacy, to the basement of my grandmother’s church.

From Salon • Mar. 15, 2026

Pauline Hawthorne’s work, she learned, was known for its immediacy and its intimacy, for interrogating images of femininity and identity.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng