acute
Example Sentences
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Our need for solace is acute, and “Shrinking” is meeting it with an exceptional, timely arc about taking shelter in the communities we create.
From Salon
The fear is especially acute for those supporting a family and too young for Social Security and Medicare.
Inside government, the level of frustration over what's happened in the past few days is acute, again.
From BBC
"There were financial scandals hanging over the LDP, and cost-of-living pressures were acute. This time, she has successfully distanced herself from that image."
From BBC
Historian Jorell A. Meléndez-Badillo hopes Bad Bunny’s halftime show will combat “acute ignorance” about Puerto Rico and its ongoing entanglement with the United States.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
