immediacy

Example Sentences

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“Pressure” is skillfully directed, sweeping us into this world with a kind of addictive immediacy, and is also beautifully lensed by cinematographer Jamie Ramsay.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

Rubens’s brushwork—hasty, light but confident—reflects as well as produces the immediacy of the scene.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

But in the immediacy it's a question of electoral tactics.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

“They are accustomed to flexibility, immediacy, and platform ubiquity. By those standards, the Masters has often appeared restrained, even stubbornly so.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

Pauline Hawthorne’s work, she learned, was known for its immediacy and its intimacy, for interrogating images of femininity and identity.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng