impend
verb (used without object)
to be imminent; be about to happen.
were 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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Kalshi in recent months has sued states including Arizona, Iowa and Utah to stop what it believed were impending bans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 22, 2026
Kalshi in recent months has sued states including Arizona to stop what it believed were impending bans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026
They hoped to have finished their task soon enough to be able to take an important part in the events which were impending against the city.
From A Struggle for Rome, Vol. 2 (of 3) by Felix Dahn
But now events were impending of transcendent importance—the Spanish-American War had broken out.
From The Inhabitants of the Philippines by Frederic H. Sawyer
Ethel Trelawny had long felt as though some crisis in her life were impending.
From Heriot's Choice A Tale by Rosa Nouchette Carey
