Both Uses of
impending
in
Frankenstein
- From this time Felix was more employed, and the heart-moving indications of impending famine disappeared.†
Chpt 12 *
- I trembled from head to foot; I felt a presentiment of who it was and wished to rouse one of the peasants who dwelt in a cottage not far from mine; but I was overcome by the sensation of helplessness, so often felt in frightful dreams, when you in vain endeavour to fly from an impending danger, and was rooted to the spot.†
Chpt 20
Definition:
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(impending) about to happen -- especially of something unpleasant or feared