[
US
/ˌɪmˈpɛndɪŋ/
]
[ UK /ɪmpˈɛndɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /ɪmpˈɛndɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
close in time; about to occur
his impending retirement
in imminent danger
retribution is at hand
some people believe the day of judgment is close at hand
How To Use impending In A Sentence
- Not without a painful emotion of impending danger, as I watched the stellular reflections dancing in the rushing river, did I wander on in the wake of a group of pack-ponies, and took my turn in being assisted over the broken chasms by the muleteers. Across China on Foot
- These consequences have yet to be understood by most physicians, not to mention the public, the media or arguably even the promulgators of this impending disaster.
- On balance, her ample stomach seems to suggest more impending motherhood than lax calorie control. Times, Sunday Times
- This tendency to associate - designed to warn us of impending danger-can in fact work against us.
- He was warned hours before voters went to the polls about the impending doom. The Sun
- Five women and their partners wrestle with the demands of impending parenthood, and discover that it's not as easy as the books make it out to be. The Sun
- Surely, something freakish would happen—a slow roller through the wickets, some fluke fly ball barely clearing the Green Monster, a sure groundout bouncing crazily around the infield—something confirming the Sox impending doom usually happened right about now. One Season
- Other reports have cited severe and uncontrollable pain or bleeding, major injury with shock, impending birth, and uncontrollable mental disturbance.
- He will also make them happy by distancing himself once again from rumours of his impending departure. Times, Sunday Times
- My sense of impending doom rises another notch. Times, Sunday Times