Word of the Day 01/15/25 Impendent
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Impendent (adjective)
impendent [ im-pen-duhnt ]
adjective
1. impending.
Other Words From
im·pend ence im·pend en·cy noun
Related Words
aggressive, alarming, cautionary, dangerous, dire, sinister, ugly
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Origin: 1585–95; < Latin impendent- stem of impendēns present participle of impendēre to hang over, threaten. See impend, -ent
Example Sentences
Perhaps, with another round of grand reform either impendent or oversold, they already have.
From New York Times
When it is an evil time, the evil of sin is incumbent, and the evil of wrath is impendent over a land; then the lion hath roared, who will not fear?
From Project Gutenberg
From this spot a ditch-like road, almost impracticable for carriages, strikes off among the mountains, “Through tangled forests, and through dang’rous ways,” carried upon precipices impendent over the brawling torrent of the Hondy.
From Project Gutenberg
The most interesting examples of these cliffs are usually to be seen impendent above strong torrents, which, if forced originally to run in a valley, such as a in Fig.
From Project Gutenberg
The sea is calm, touched here and there on the fringes of the bays and headlands with silvery light; and impendent crags loom black and sombre against the feeble azure of the moonlit sky.
From Project Gutenberg
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impendent [ im-pen-duhnt ]
adjective
1. impending.
Other Words From
im·pend ence im·pend en·cy noun
Related Words
aggressive, alarming, cautionary, dangerous, dire, sinister, ugly
See more synonyms on Thesaurus.com
Origin: 1585–95; < Latin impendent- stem of impendēns present participle of impendēre to hang over, threaten. See impend, -ent
Example Sentences
Perhaps, with another round of grand reform either impendent or oversold, they already have.
From New York Times
When it is an evil time, the evil of sin is incumbent, and the evil of wrath is impendent over a land; then the lion hath roared, who will not fear?
From Project Gutenberg
From this spot a ditch-like road, almost impracticable for carriages, strikes off among the mountains, “Through tangled forests, and through dang’rous ways,” carried upon precipices impendent over the brawling torrent of the Hondy.
From Project Gutenberg
The most interesting examples of these cliffs are usually to be seen impendent above strong torrents, which, if forced originally to run in a valley, such as a in Fig.
From Project Gutenberg
The sea is calm, touched here and there on the fringes of the bays and headlands with silvery light; and impendent crags loom black and sombre against the feeble azure of the moonlit sky.
From Project Gutenberg
Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.