impend
verb (used without object)
to be imminent; be about to happen.
has impended
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present perfectof impend (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Who is there that has lived to be a man or woman, and has not experienced a moment in which a combat has impended, and a call for such sudden courage has been necessary?
From The Eustace Diamonds by Anthony Trollope
The departure of Alaric and the death of Gainas freed the Eastern Romans from the double danger that has impended over them.
From The Byzantine Empire by Charles William Chadwick Oman
