Sentence examples for urgency wanes from inspiring English sources
"After the flames have gone away and the fire season is only a memory, the sense of urgency wanes," he said.
But the sense of urgency has waned.
Somehow, the urgency of that enthusiasm wanes.
Not since the Black Death killed one-third of Europe's population in the 14th century, Dr. Satcher said, has there been an infectious-disease outbreak as devastating as H.I.V. Yet at the same time, America's sense of urgency about AIDS is waning.
A second factor is what we see as a waning sense of urgency on this issue, particularly among a younger generation for whom the 9/11 attacks were not a formative experience.
But with borrowing costs in Spain and Italy having fallen to moderate levels after a late-summer pledge by the European Central Bank to buy the bonds of troubled countries, the urgency to institute sweeping reforms has waned.
While much of Washington seemed preoccupied by the partisan budget impasse and countdown to the automatic spending cuts scheduled to begin Friday, the maneuvering over the issue of gun violence was indicative of proponents' efforts to keep it alive even as many fear that the sense of urgency after the Newtown shootings is waning.
But at a time of waning public support for the war — but a sense of urgency among some commanders in Afghanistan — he made clear in his interviews that there was no presumption that more troops would be the best answer.
The novelty of a young, dynamic and attractive leader has waned, and with repetition his exhortations have lost some of their urgency and impact.
But death penalty opponents hope that because of California's size and political importance, the governor's action will give new urgency to efforts to end executions in other states as popular support for the death penalty wanes.
