Both Uses of
impending
in
The Remains of the Day
- Of course, this strategy had a distinct disadvantage in that each time I moved towards the light to serve the gentlemen, my advancing footsteps would echo long and loud before I reached the table, drawing attention to my impending arrival in the most ostentatious manner; but it did have the great merit of making my person only partially visible while I remained stationary.†
Chpt 2m -impending = about to happen
- And they, knowing me to be one not prone to exaggerated statements, well understood that something of an extraordinary nature was impending.†
Chpt 2m - *
Definition:
about to happen -- especially of something unpleasant or feared