All 16 Uses of
impending
in
War and Peace
- But the regiments, both cavalry and infantry, were by no means ready for the impending action.†
Chpt 2 *
- Weyrother, with the gesture of a man too busy to lose a moment, glanced at Kutuzov and, having convinced himself that he was asleep, took up a paper and in a loud, monotonous voice began to read out the dispositions for the impending battle, under a heading which he also read out: "Dispositions for an attack on the enemy position behind Kobelnitz and Sokolnitz, November 30, 1805."†
Chpt 3
- And this simple reflection suddenly destroyed all the interest Prince Andrew had felt in the impending reforms.†
Chpt 6
- He was worried by the impending necessity of interfering in the stupid business matters for which his mother had called him home.†
Chpt 7
- She thought of Natasha and of her own youth, and of how there was something unnatural and dreadful in this impending marriage of Natasha and Prince Andrew.†
Chpt 7
- Prince Nicholas grew more animated and expressed his views on the impending war.†
Chpt 8
- All the efforts of those who surrounded the sovereign seemed directed merely to making him spend his time pleasantly and forget that war was impending.†
Chpt 9
- In that drawing room were gathered, by the Emperor's wish, not a military council (the Emperor preferred indefiniteness), but certain persons whose opinions he wished to know in view of the impending difficulties.†
Chpt 9
- To ride this horse was a pleasure to him, and he thought of the horse, of the morning, of the doctor's wife, but not once of the impending danger.†
Chpt 9
- He had grown accustomed when going into action to think about anything but what would seem most likely to interest him—the impending danger.†
Chpt 9
- …servants, O Mother of God," and the priest and deacon chimed in: "For to Thee under God we all flee as to an inviolable bulwark and protection," there again kindled in all those faces the same expression of consciousness of the solemnity of the impending moment that Pierre had seen on the faces at the foot of the hill at Mozhaysk and momentarily on many and many faces he had met that morning; and heads were bowed more frequently and hair tossed back, and sighs and the sound men made as…†
Chpt 10
- Pierre listened to him, straining each faculty to understand the essential points of the impending battle, but was mortified to feel that his mental capacity was inadequate for the task.†
Chpt 10
- He now understood the whole meaning and importance of this war and of the impending battle.†
Chpt 10
- She realized that if she said a word about his not going to the battle (she knew he enjoyed the thought of the impending engagement) he would say something about men, honor, and the fatherland—something senseless, masculine, and obstinate which there would be no contradicting, and her plans would be spoiled; and so, hoping to arrange to leave before then and take Petya with her as their protector and defender, she did not answer him, but after dinner called the count aside and implored…†
Chpt 11
- The day after the council at Malo-Yaroslavets Napoleon rode out early in the morning amid the lines of his army with his suite of marshals and an escort, on the pretext of inspecting the army and the scene of the previous and of the impending battle.†
Chpt 13
- This being the field marshal's frame of mind he was naturally regarded as merely a hindrance and obstacle to the impending war.†
Chpt 15
Definition:
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(impending) about to happen -- especially of something unpleasant or feared