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
Their residence in the brisk air of the hills completely restored their health, and they returned to Madras perfectly ready to take part in the great operations which were impending.
From With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
But my heart is heavy—I feel as though some misfortune were impending.
From Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. by Joaquín Telesforo de Trueba y Cosío
They were impending over the Roman Empire, and threatening it with destruction; their king was the great Hermanric, who, after many victories, was closing his days in the fulness of power and renown.
From Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity by John Henry Newman
