How to Use urgent in a Sentence

urgent

adjective
  • He addressed us in an urgent manner.
  • An urgent voice came over the intercom, telling us to leave the building immediately.
  • We've come to deliver an urgent message.
  • The need couldn’t be more urgent.
    — Kristie De Pena, Oc Register, 22 Sep. 2025
  • These steps rarely feel urgent.
    — Jennifer Jay Palumbo, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
  • To show her work here now feels both urgent and charged.
    — George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
  • And that was something that felt urgent to me.
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2025
  • This is an urgent moral call to action.
    — Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Is there an urgent call to action to share here?
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2026
  • The need for more data is urgent.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2025
  • This campaign couldn’t have come at a more urgent time.
    — Summer Stephan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2025
  • That makes the email feel real and urgent.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The timing could not be more urgent.
    — Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager, The Conversation, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Still, his question is urgent, is about the present.
    — Literary Hub, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The timing could not be more urgent.
    — Jessica Turner, USA Today, 1 June 2026
  • The timing could not be more urgent.
    — Crystal Hudson, New York Daily News, 1 Apr. 2026
  • As such, there was no urgent need to rush the new crew’s arrival.
    — Denise Chow, NBC news, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Right now, that question is urgent.
    — Shobha Shetty, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2026
  • If a call feels urgent, threatening or too good to be true, hang up.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 May 2026
  • Bringing that moment to the stage feels both thrilling and urgent.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 18 May 2026
  • Bringing that moment to the stage feels both thrilling and urgent.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Missed calls with voicemails looked more urgent because of the blue dot.
    — ArsTechnica, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Now that spring has arrived, her calls have become more urgent.
    — Catherine Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Apr. 2023
  • For Jodeh, the goal is simple — and urgent.
    — Kelly Werthmann, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Pritchard’s own hopes for the spaceport were humbler but no less urgent.
    — WIRED, 31 Jan. 2023
  • The language is urgent, the rooms are full, and the stakes are enormous.
    — Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
  • The lesson of Berlin is urgent.
    — Jackie Hajdenberg, Sun Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2026
  • There are also moments when care should be urgent.
    — Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 6 May 2026
  • These are urgent questions, and the answers can’t come soon enough.
    — Jason McCool, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Jan. 2022
  • And therefore, this role feels more urgent than ever.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 9 Mar. 2026

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