Both Uses of
impending
in
A Tale of Two Cities
- Hence Monseigneur had taken his sister from a convent, while there was yet time to ward off the impending veil, the cheapest garment she could wear, and had bestowed her as a prize upon a very rich Farmer-General, poor in family.†
Chpt 2.7 *
- But, an affectionate glance at his wife, so happy and busy, made him resolute not to tell her what impended (he had been half moved to do it, so strange it was to him to act in anything without her quiet aid), and the day passed quickly.†
Chpt 2.24
Definition:
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(impending) about to happen -- especially of something unpleasant or feared