about to be
Example Sentences
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You were about to be hit with a proverbial golf ball.
From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026
The Indy 500 was about to be decided by a single lap.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
Markets are about to be left without the steady drumbeat of earnings.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
It began when two married men asked Judge Marlon Weiss to issue a pre-birth order acknowledging them as the lawful parents of a child who was about to be born via surrogacy.
From Slate • May 13, 2026
Penelope squirmed and wondered if she were about to be fired.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
