immediacy

Example Sentences

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Cimarusti and Echiverri say they are grateful for the rush of guests since the closure announcement, but they hope the visits spread through June — past the immediacy of the news.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

Photographers and editors have often described Rai's work as bridging reportage and art, combining immediacy with composition.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

Plain language, ordinary intimacies—Ebert’s directness makes it possible to feel the moment with nearly the same unbearable immediacy that Penn creates in the film.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 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