desperate urgency

Frequency: 7.210.5 per million words

Used to describe a situation that is extremely serious or bad, requiring immediate action.

urgencyADJECTIVE + URGENCY

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desperate

Examples (10)

  • The famine has created a desperate urgency for international aid.
  • "Please help us!" she cried with desperate urgency in her voice.
  • We must act with desperate urgency to prevent further environmental damage.
  • There is a desperate urgency to improve safety standards in the factory.
  • He pleaded his case to the judge with desperate urgency.
  • The failing dam added a desperate urgency to the evacuation orders.
  • I sensed a desperate urgency in her request for a meeting.
  • Medical supplies are needed with desperate urgency in the disaster zone.
  • The rescue team moved with desperate urgency as the water levels rose.
  • This legislative change is now a matter of desperate urgency.