Example sentences for: immediate

How can you use “immediate” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • As I stated last September, prudence dictated that we delay any related legal action given the immediate need for the administration and the Congress to focus on developing our Nation's initial response to our fight against international terrorism and efforts to protect our homeland.

  • The paper sees a further ominous sign in Thursday's new outburst of Iraqi defiance--a call by the highest levels of the Iraqi government for the immediate lifting of all embargoes.

  • Among the proposals: Tie immigration levels to the unemployment rate--when more jobs are open, more immigrants can be let in; give higher priority to the "independent" class of immigrants (those with necessary job skills); crack down on family sponsorship of immigrants, limiting it to immediate family members; and cut down on fraudulent claims of refugee status.

  • Herculaneum is smaller (only a fraction has been recovered) and less renowned than Pompeii, but its very compactness and better preservation give a more immediate sense of the shape and ambience of a whole Roman town, this one just 7 km (4 1/2 miles) from Vesuvius.

  • Immediate goals of improvement include an option to have results e-mailed back to the user.


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