lend sth urgency
Frequency: 6.88.6 per million words
To give a situation a quality of urgency.
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- The bomb attack lent a new urgency to the peace talks.
- His direct plea lent an unexpected urgency to the humanitarian crisis.
- The approaching deadline will certainly lend some urgency to their efforts.
- The discovery of new evidence lent fresh urgency to the cold case investigation.
- Her passionate speech lent a moral urgency to the environmental debate.
- The declining sales figures lend a financial urgency to the company's restructuring plans.
- The sudden storm lent a desperate urgency to their search for shelter.
- These new findings lend considerable urgency to the need for immediate action.
- The minister's warning lent a political urgency to the proposed legislation.
- The doctor's serious tone lent a profound urgency to the patient's condition.