impend
Example Sentences
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However, sources told The Times that the warning was cautionary and there’s no credible intelligence to indicate an impending attack.
From Los Angeles Times
He has spoken to the world about his impending demise like a Christian philosopher of death—frank, unafraid, sometimes folksy, always graceful.
The stadium curse is a well-known sign of corporate hubris and impending doom.
The island’s leaders were reluctant to raise concerns of an impending Chinese invasion.
She would have asked for better rates had she known about the impending geopolitical turmoil.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
