impend
verb (used without object)
to be imminent; be about to happen.
impended
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past participleof impend.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof impend.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
impendverb (used without object)to be imminent; be about to happen.
Example Sentences
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No title impended; it was primarily an affair of honor between two of the keenest match-playy golfers that ever cut a divot.
From Time Magazine Archive
Britons wondered whether a Liberal showdown impended at last.
From Time Magazine Archive
In another Manhattan art-huckstering shop, one more sale impended in the life of a vase once owned by Catherine the Great and later smashed by Napoleon.
From Time Magazine Archive
When Addison's Disease and its treatment came up for report at Philadelphia, a fight for glory impended.
From Time Magazine Archive
After the departure of the detectives, the composure that had impressed Nye faltered; a familiar despair impended.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
