were impending
- past progressive of impend.
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
Troubles of every description were impending; some had already come upon her, like Quarren's last letter which she knew signified that the termination of their friendship was already in sight.
From The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
But let us return to the Norsemen, over whose innocent heads such awful prospects were impending.
From The Norsemen in the West by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
Neither he, W. R. Motherwell, nor any other man could have foretold the bitter struggles which those letters were destined to unleash—the stirring events that were impending.
From Deep Furrows by Moorhouse, Hopkins
