How to Use immediate in a Sentence

immediate

adjective

• The response to the crisis was immediate.
• The wildfire poses no immediate threat to any houses in the area.
• The effect of the new policy will be unknown for the immediate future.
• He was sitting to my immediate right.
• The danger is not immediate.
• The new restaurant was an immediate success.
• They have evacuated everyone in the immediate area of the wildfire.
• Many people suffered in the war's immediate aftermath.
• This crisis calls for immediate action.
• This requires your immediate attention.
• An immediate three-and-out from USC on the next drive cleared the way for Maryland to march down the field again.
  — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2024
• There wasn’t any immediate word on what sparked the blazes.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2023
• Second, the amount of the tax sought is beyond the city’s immediate needs.
  — Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial, The Mercury News, 1 Nov. 2024
• Miller said the ponds were refilled last year once the immediate threat of avian flu had passed.
  — Hanh Truong, Sacramento Bee, 25 May 2024
• There is a chance — slim, but a chance nonetheless — of glory in the immediate present.
  — Tariq Panja, New York Times, 8 June 2023
• One source claims the two young men struck an immediate friendship and swore blood oaths to each other.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 14 May 2024
• The trend is a warning sign for the rest of Europe, and an immediate concern for Germans.
  — Ali Breland, The New Republic, 26 Apr. 2023
• The risk of immediate loss of life is also ever-present.
  — Paul Hockenos, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Sep. 2024
• Rain, rain, go away The most immediate concern for today’s event is the weather.
  — Travis Caldwell, CNN, 18 Feb. 2024
• Like so many things during the pandemic, the project was born out of quick thinking and an immediate need.
  — Juliette Rihl, The Arizona Republic, 8 June 2023
• The Suns traded away their immediate draft future in the Durant deal and a team can’t have enough shooters.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 12 May 2023
• The book is so well-written, and so immediate and engaging and clear.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 22 Nov. 2023
• The amendment, if passed, wouldn't prompt an immediate purge.
  — CBS News, 6 June 2024
• The Teamsters said the deal includes a wage increase of $8 per hour over the length of the five-year contract, including an immediate $4-per-hour raise in the first year.
  — Lauren Kaori Gurley, Washington Post, 29 Feb. 2024
• Haynes, who had been hired for Betts’ solo band right before the reunion, took note of an immediate shift.
  — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2024
• Long-term debt is a concern Paulson said the debt is not an immediate worry.
  — Eva Rothenberg, CNN, 6 Aug. 2023
• This, of course, led to immediate screams of excitement from those gathered around him.
  — Anna Chan, Billboard, 19 Feb. 2024
• The agency said the immediate risk of bird flu to the general public remains low.
  — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2024
• The Philippines weather agency had warned the the storm could blow away roofs and shatter windows and wreak extensive damage to farmland, but there were no immediate reports of casualties.
  — Associated Press, TIME, 31 Oct. 2024
• Rapid analysis is done in the immediate aftermath of extreme weather events by analyzing data and climate models to establish what role climate change played.
  — Mary Gilbert, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 16 Nov 2024