urgent

Example Sentences

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Martin declared that “this crisis in Gaza is urgent” and an “emergency.”

From Salon

"I've never experienced a situation which is as dangerous, as urgent, as it is today," he told me at a military base in Munster, near the Dutch border.

From BBC

"Our wetlands and biodiversity are also under threat. These realities demand urgent action," he said.

From Barron's

But there’s a sense of the story being made up as it goes along, and a lack of anything urgent compelling it to move.

From The Wall Street Journal

WTO reform has become more urgent with the prolonged paralysis of the organisation's dispute settlement system.

From Barron's