impend

“Decline and disaster impend, but my thoughts don’t linger there.”

From Seattle Times ● May 21, 2017

But "she was cognizant of the crises that impend in all human breasts" and considered that "innocent intimacy was preferable to unacknowledged proximity."

From Time Magazine Archive

An international incident seemed to impend when the Rumanian ghouls incautiously admitted that they had pulled the corpse this way and that, in an effort to find contraband goods in the coffin.

From Time Magazine Archive

When the idea of an authoritative revelation of divine truth has been finally dislodged, there are moments when moral chaos seems to impend.

From The Chief End of Man by George Spring Merriam

There,—when harvest heights impend Over shores of rippling summer, And to greet the fair new-comer,— June,—the wildrose thickets bend In a million blossoms dressed,— All the land is one with rest.

From Weeds by the Wall Verses by Madison Julius Cawein

Especially after Disher and Givens marry in Georgia, and a baby of likely mixed race impends, the musical pushes too hard toward tragedy, winding up well short at melodrama.

From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2022

And it being the middle of May mosquito season impends.

From US News ● May 13, 2016

Peril impends when a note comes announcing that her visit must be put off.

From New York Times ● Mar. 18, 2011

Not until failure impends are directors apt to realize their liability for proper conduct of a bank.

From Time Magazine Archive

Let us revere that sacred uncertainty which forever impends over men and nations.

From Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War by Herman Melville

Talks important to Britain impended with the arrival of U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

In another Manhattan art-huckstering shop, one more sale impended in the life of a vase once owned by Catherine the Great and later smashed by Napoleon.

From Time Magazine Archive

Even in Havana labor was so disorderly that business paralysis impended.

From Time Magazine Archive

Britons wondered whether a Liberal showdown impended at last.

From Time Magazine Archive

After the departure of the detectives, the composure that had impressed Nye faltered; a familiar despair impended.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

The warnings had come from four different people in the space of minutes and helped him evaluate the impending danger.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

For this week’s Slate Plus bonus episode, John, David, and guest host Juliette Kayyem discuss the newest drama enveloping semi-royals Prince Harry and Meghan after they announced an impending move back to the UK.

From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2026

Oman is facing an impending environmental catastrophe as an alleged Russian shadow fleet tanker leaks oil across hundreds of square kilometres near a nature reserve, NGOs warn.

From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026

The three were smiling and joking, seemingly unaware of any impending attack, the images indicate.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

Auntie Harrigan, who had already heard about their impending move from Papa, sat herself down on a cardboard box full of packed books and listened to every word.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser