All 3 Uses
impending
in
The Color of Water
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- "It's still light," I'd suggest, my voice wavering, as my siblings gathered behind her to watch the impending slaughter.†
Chpt 4 *impending = about to happen
- My sister Helen's decision to drop out of school and run off at age fifteen, though she returned home five years later with a nursing degree and a baby girl, was the first sign of impending doom.†
Chpt 10
- By age ten, I was coming into my own feelings about myself and my own impending manhood, and going out with Mommy, which had been a privilege and an honor at age five, had become a dreaded event.†
Chpt 10
Definitions:
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(1)
(impending) about to happen -- especially of something unpleasant or feared
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)