impend
verb (used without object)
to be imminent; be about to happen.
had been impending
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past perfect progressiveof impend.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Their letters had been infrequent during the last six months, for this visit had been impending, having been put off from time to time because the committee had been dilatory and he otherwise engaged.
From Unleavened Bread by Robert Grant
The insignificance of such a creature in the face of a material disaster as had been impending appalled him.
From Command by William McFee
But it took half an hour to row from the Wasp to the shore, and before the half of that time had elapsed, the storm which had been impending burst over the island.
From Gascoyne, The Sandal-Wood Trader A Tale of the Pacific by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
It served as a declaration of the war between the two that had been impending for months.
From The Homesteader A Novel by Oscar Micheaux
The storm that had been impending for days, had broken at last.
From Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter by Lawrence L. Lynch
