Sentences with 'urgency'
Example sentences and phrases with the word urgency and other words derived from it.
• « In turn, the link between filth and disease had always been understood, but the rapid urbanisation of the 19th century gave new urgency to the problem. »
• « Shays' Rebellion gave added urgency to the planned convention. In February 1787, in the wake of the uprising in western Massachusetts, the Confederation Congress authorized the Philadelphia convention. This time, all states except Rhode Island sent delegates to Philadelphia to address the problems of the day. »
• « In the early 1830s, the battle over tariffs took on greater urgency as the price of cotton continued to fall. In 1818, cotton cost 31 cents per pound. By 1831, it had plunged to eight cents a pound. »