How to Use imminence in a Sentence

imminence

noun
  • Should children be taught of the imminence of their own death in much the same way that they are taught their ABCs?
    — Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 30 Mar. 2018
  • Despite the march’s imminence, the military council’s spokesman asked for more time to comment.
    — Max Bearak, Washington Post, 30 June 2019
  • The imminence of an execution can prompt witnesses who have remained silent for years to speak.
    — Pamela Colloff, ProPublica, 30 June 2026
  • Given a fear state, the outcome depends heavily on threat imminence.
    — Dean Mobbs, Scientific American, 20 Sep. 2019
  • That is the reason the apparent imminence of his death is so consequential.
    — Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Feb. 2025
  • What finally jolts him out of his deadening routine is the imminence of actual death.
    — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Jan. 2022
  • In late afternoon, darkness in the west suggested the stormy imminence of thunder, lightning and rain.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 2 July 2022
  • C’mon, governor, stop your denial of the magnitude and imminence of our climate’s breakdown.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Instead, imminence might be that musical sensation of time pushing everyone forward at once, like the wind at our backs.
    — Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2021
  • The imminence of a Fed rate cut and suspense over the macro data flow is draining the conviction of the bulls, but that’s not the same as saying their case is yet lost.
    — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 7 Sep. 2024
  • Of course, the imminence of the potential attack in Michigan being the impetus to bring the whole network down.
    — Sarah Boxer, CNN Money, 16 Nov. 2025
  • The snowcapped peak of Monte Viso looms in the distance, a reminder of Christmas’ imminence.
    — Saveur, 16 Dec. 2019
  • Set the scene Jet lag is setting in from the long flight to Tanzania, but the imminence of safari keeps the adrenaline pumping.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
  • In observing how Sunday signaled the sunny imminence of spring, such contrary indicators as the breezy chill of the day ought not be dismissed.
    — Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2022
  • Employers can do this by assessing the nature, severity and imminence of the potential harm and the likelihood the harm will occur.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 22 Dec. 2020
  • This was the White House position on the imminence of a potential attack last week, which Ukrainians pushed back strongly against.
    — Brigid Kennedy, The Week, 2 Feb. 2022
  • For now, those check-ins appear to be more about diligence than imminence, with the Clippers seen as being patient before a move, if any, materializes.
    — Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2023
  • For now, those check-ins appear to be more about diligence than imminence, with the Clippers seen as being patient before a move, if any, materializes.
    — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 14 Mar. 2023
  • But almost every hour suggested the imminence of rain, soft rain of the sort that deters few outdoor excursions but seems needed for floral development.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2023
  • Lizzie, the narrator of this novel, is hired to answer e-mails for a prominent professor who lectures widely about the imminence of climate apocalypse.
    — The New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2020
  • But without a reference to the invasion’s imminence, a four-column headline was difficult to justify.
    — W. Joseph Campbell, The Conversation, 2 Apr. 2021
  • On what used to be referred to as the far right, but perhaps should now simply be called the armed wing of the Republican Party, the imminence of civil war is a given.
    — Fintan O’Toole, The Atlantic, 16 Dec. 2021
  • As a result, the imminence of a threat should be assessed based on the individual’s propensity for violence and the likelihood of being able to stop him in the future.
    — Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs, 1 July 2013
  • While in San Juan there are talks about the imminence of a humanitarian crisis, for him, his wife and two children, this crisis has already begun.
    — Eliván Martínez Mercado, miamiherald, 27 Sep. 2017
  • The second is that, given the imminence of the deadline, MPs do not have enough power or time to prevent no-deal—unless the government co-operates.
    — The Economist, 8 Aug. 2019
  • The young man protests that is a statement of the obvious, but Roger insists that there is a precise moment in your life when this recognition of imminence seeps into your bones, and then cannot be shaken off ever again.
    — Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 2 July 2018
  • Other state officials became resigned to the seeming imminence of a Polis commutation.
    — Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 1 June 2026
  • Some aides also questioned the imminence of any attack by Iran or its proxies, an assessment reported earlier by CNN.
    — New York Times, 1 Jan. 2021
  • By Thursday, talk of deterrence was superseded by President Joe Biden’s demand for de-escalation, and the imminence of a ceasefire.
    — Bernard Avishai, The New Yorker, 21 May 2021
  • But even with his players echoing Roberts’ words, there was a certain inevitability about the imminence of the Dodgers’ title and the beginning of an appreciation of the scope of their accomplishments.
    — Jerry Beach, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024

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