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Another word for impending

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Adjective

  1. About to occur at any moment

    See also:

    near

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Another word for impending

Modifier
  1. See also:

    imminent

    coming

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Sentence Examples

  • The resolutions were devised to save the situation, in view of the impending loss of the temporalities.

  • He now understood the whole meaning and importance of this war and of the impending battle.

  • He had grown accustomed when going into action to think about anything but what would seem most likely to interest him--the impending danger.

  • Whatever the case, the feeling of impending doom continued.

  • Prince Nicholas grew more animated and expressed his views on the impending war.

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