And when you are in the business of putting a bold face on impending disaster, you have to put up with a lot of unpleasantness.
So sorry to hear about the stress of impending surgery.
He also lectured me on enjoying my impending graduation and my sense of achievement.
One, my impending marriage has brought a bounty of new kitchen toys, including a stand mixer and a dutch oven.
Instead of anecdotal, sporadic reports, pilots now have a nearly real-time sense of impending turbulence.
impending shortages could put a crimp in your plans.
The evening was not far distant, and the crisis of the storm seemed still more closely impending.
His reflections revolved round the immediate past and the impending future.
But the stamp of impending legitimacy has yielded a mixed harvest for workers.
Relatively few animals have been reported dead, however, reviving speculation that animals somehow sense impending disaster.
British Dictionary definitions for impending
impending
/ɪmˈpɛndɪŋ/
adjective
1.
about to happen; imminent
impend
/ɪmˈpɛnd/
verb (intransitive)
1.
(esp of something threatening) to be about to happen; be imminent
2.
(foll by over) (rare) to be suspended; hang
Derived Forms
impendence, impendency, noun
Word Origin
C16: from Latin impendēre to overhang, from pendēre to hang
Word Origin and History for impending
impend
v.
1590s, from figurative use of Latin impendere "to hang over, to be imminent," from assimilated form of in- "into, in, on, upon" (see in- (2)) + pendere "hang" (see pendant). Related: Impended; impending.