IMMEDIATE in a Sentence

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1. We must make an immediate response.
2. His response was immediate and emphatic.
3. She felt an immediate physical attraction to him.
4. Boys were an immediate object of suspicion to her.
5. They called for the immediate release of the hostages.

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 Meanings and Examples of IMMEDIATE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
immediate
 a.  happening or done without delay or very soon; occurring at once, instant
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  His hand was steady, but the attitude was an excuse for not making an immediate reply.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In I
2  Having satisfied himself that there was no risk of immediate discovery he went back to the kitchen with a lighter step, and found Mattie disconsolately removing the last scraps of pickle from the floor.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IV
3  He had foreseen an immediate demand for money, but not a permanent drain on his scant resources.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
4  Having maneuvered them away from the boring subject of war, she went back with interest to their immediate situation.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
5  But even Suellen's words could not dim her happiness that Tara was safe, at least from immediate danger.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
6  Even the immediate one of letting Trenor, as they drove homeward, lean a little nearer and rest his hand reassuringly on hers, cost her only a momentary shiver of reluctance.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 7
7  She made no immediate motion to do so, however, but dropping into a chair looked wearily about her.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 9
8  She had no immediate intention of repeating to Lily what she had heard, or even of trying to ascertain its truth by means of discreet interrogation.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 11
9  The sharp release from her fears restored Lily to immediate lucidity.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 13
10  She had meant to drive down to the quay and regain the yacht; but she now had the immediate impression that something more was to happen first.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 2
11  No one referred to it, and this tacit avoidance of the subject kept it in the immediate foreground of consciousness.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 3
12  The immediate result of these conclusions was the passionate resolve to pay back her debt to Trenor.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 4
13  It was not in Bertha's habits to be neighbourly, much less to make advances to any one outside the immediate circle of her affinities.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 6
14  Miss Bart's immediate answer was to address a critical glance to the reflection of the countenance under discussion.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 6
15  She was in fact in urgent and immediate need of money: money to meet the vulgar weekly claims which could neither be deferred nor evaded.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 8
Example Sentence: (159 in 11 pages)
16  B - indicate little more than the immediate place of work during the construction of the pavements of a single building.
17  The spokesman said no decision on the proposal was likely in the immediate future.
18  If the eyes are affected, seek immediate medical attention.
19  His immediate superior has singled him out for a special mention.
20  Boys were an immediate object of suspicion to her.
21  She felt an immediate physical attraction to him.
22  The president visited the region in the immediate aftermath of the disaster.
23  She threatened to take the magazine to court if they didn't publish an immediate apology.
24  Demonstrators demanded immediate autonomy for their region.
25  There have been calls for his immediate and unconditional release.
26  We demand the immediate and unconditional release of all political prisoners.
27  They called for the immediate release of the hostages.
28  The managers generally failed to take advantage of a potentially valuable resource, their immediate superiors.
29  We must make an immediate response.
30  His response was immediate and emphatic.