How to Use impend in a Sentence

impend

verb

• When the speech was over, the air in the room went to the impending goodbye.
  — Nikki Haley, National Review, 22 Aug. 2019
• Baynes is an impending free agent who has missed the past month with a hip injury.
  — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Feb. 2020
• But there’s a sense of impending dread that builds over the course of the episode, which lasts around an hour.
  — Andrew Webster, The Verge, 26 June 2018
• Crowley’s impending exit has opened up a large field of new names that are floating around.
  — Ella Nilsen, Vox, 29 June 2018
• That could come any day now with Iman Shumpert's impending return.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland.com, 21 Jan. 2018
• If not, any of the six impending free agents could be gone by July 31.
  — Jeff Wilson, star-telegram, 5 July 2017
• Thunder clapped and clouds rolled in — a warning of impending rain — as a crowd of people grew.
  — Oyin Adedoyin, baltimoresun.com, 7 Aug. 2019
• The impending blockbuster threatens to be the highlight of the sports year.
  — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 27 Mar. 2018
• During the drop, the rocket's fins will pitch the rocket at a steep angle for its impending climb to space.
  — Michael Belfiore, Popular Mechanics, 17 Apr. 2012
• Your mind may be on your impending warm weather plans, but don't step too far away from your computer this weekend.
  — Lindsey Murray, Good Housekeeping, 25 May 2017
• The robot flails about waving his silver arms warning of impending doom.
  — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 15 Aug. 2019
• To make matters worse, six of the nine defensive linemen who played this season are impending free agents.
  — Josh Kendall, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2026
• Compton was not surprised by his impending firing, but the idea that his aides would be punished along with him was crushing.
  — Robert Faturechi, ProPublica, 2 Jan. 2020
• The virus’s impending arrival has caused New Yorkers to grow concerned in the past week.
  — Joseph Goldstein, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2020
• Blankfein is far from the first financial heavyweight to warn of impending turmoil.
  — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 4 Mar. 2026
• Though Duncan had not announced his impending retirement at the time, there was a sense of goodbye in the air.
  — Jeff McDonald, ExpressNews.com, 3 Apr. 2020
• The game was scheduled to be played Thursday but was pushed up a day due to impending bad weather expected to hit the metro area.
  — Jim Derry, NOLA.com, 27 Mar. 2018
• Tonga mum on free agency The Patriots’ list of impending free agents is a short one.
  — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 8 Feb. 2026
• The win, which came in a game moved up a night because of impending weather, was Homewood's last region game of the season.
  — Al.com Reports, al, 25 Oct. 2019
• Qu, a royal adviser in the state of Chu, tried warn the king of impending danger, only to be exiled.
  — Casey Quackenbush, Time, 18 June 2018
• Here are 13 runway-show feasts to get you in the mood for your holiday gathering and impending food coma.
  — Brooke Bobb, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2018
• Even gift cards for impending 2020 purchases can be found at one Bucktown smoke shop.
  — Chicago Tribune Staff, chicagotribune.com, 5 Dec. 2019
• But the White House has previously denied talk of impending staff shake-ups that later came to pass.
  — Catherine Lucey, Time, 29 June 2018
• There are impending risks to protections on all Americans.
  — Essence, 10 Dec. 2025
• What continued to bother him was the strange feeling of impending disaster.
  — Marguerite Reiss, Outdoor Life, 9 Oct. 2025
• The White House has previously denied talk of impending staff shake-ups that later came to pass.
  — Ken Thomas, BostonGlobe.com, 30 June 2018
• Though some analysts have long warned of impending mass mortgage defaults in China, others think fears may be overblown.
  — Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 13 Feb. 2026
• But, after all of these years, the one query, and answer, that sticks with me concerned the hottest issue of the day, the impending Iraq conflict.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 19 Mar. 2018
• This year’s crop of impending free agents is headlined by Jennings, all due respect to Piñeiro’s savior turn last season.
  — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 17 Feb. 2026
• What could be a better resume for the life of an impending Royal in the Instagram Age?
  — Tina Brown, Time, 26 Apr. 2018