Both Uses
impending
in
Change of Heart, by Picoult
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- I thought of Shay Bourne being given the news of his own impending death.†
*impending = about to happen
- What I meant was that Mr. Bourne's impending execution is already a zoo.†
Definitions:
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(1)
(impending) about to happen -- especially of something unpleasant or feared
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)