impend
verb (used without object)
to be imminent; be about to happen.
impends
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present tense formof impend (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Especially after Disher and Givens marry in Georgia, and a baby of likely mixed race impends, the musical pushes too hard toward tragedy, winding up well short at melodrama.
From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2022
And it being the middle of May mosquito season impends.
From US News ● May 13, 2016
Peril impends when a note comes announcing that her visit must be put off.
From New York Times ● Mar. 18, 2011
On the contrary, it is clear that the leaders of great nations have it in their power to liberate their peoples from the disaster that impends.
From Time Magazine Archive
Save from the ruin that impends Thy town, thy people, and thy friends; O hear the warning urged once more: To Raghu's son the dame restore.”
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin) Griffith
