impend
verb (used without object)
to be imminent; be about to happen.
was impending
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past progressiveof impend.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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He had a British passport but was aghast at any suggestion that he could leave as political trouble was impending.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
"I just felt there was impending doom," she said.
From Fox News ● Aug. 3, 2021
“It was impending doom, it affected the fisheries and the birds. It was even more depressing than Hurricane Katrina and that flooded my house.”
From The Guardian ● Apr. 18, 2020
None of the waiting rank & file knew what was impending.
From Time Magazine Archive
And they, knowing me to be one not prone to exaggerated statements, well understood that something of an extraordinary nature was impending.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
