How to Use imminent in a Sentence

imminent

adjective
  • We are awaiting their imminent arrival.
  • These patients are facing imminent death.
  • How imminent did a threat need to be?
    — Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2025
  • That demise might not be quite as imminent now.
    — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026
  • So what was the imminent threat?
    — NBC news, 1 Mar. 2026
  • And, for the love of all that is holy, tell your date about imminent, far-away moves.
    — Beca Grimm, GQ, 14 June 2018
  • Red flag warnings are used to warn of imminent risk.
    — Brandi D. Addison, Des Moines Register, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Can your dog or cat predict an imminent tremor?
    — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 11 May 2026
  • Both claimed there were no imminent crime issues in the city.
    — Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The song hasn't dropped yet, but clues point to an imminent release.
    — Sydney Scott, Essence.com, 27 Oct. 2017
  • Bets aren’t available to place yet, but the siren call feels imminent.
    — Caira Conner, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2022
  • But the need for swift action is imminent.
    — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 30 Mar. 2026
  • By the way, this is not something that’s imminent.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 7 May 2026
  • But that doesn’t mean an eruption is imminent.
    — Quanta Magazine, 8 May 2026
  • But there was a feeling here that a return to war was imminent.
    — ABC News, 24 May 2026
  • But Vonn has come to terms with the imminent end of her career.
    — Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2026
  • The odds of an imminent megaquake are very low—around one in 100.
    — Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Many drivers just want to speed through it so that they don’t get stopped by the imminent red light.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • None of this means collapse is imminent.
    — Monica Duffy Toft, The Conversation, 25 June 2026
  • That hardly sounds like an imminent threat.
    — Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 4 Mar. 2026
  • That is the most imminent item on Holland’s to-do list.
    — Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 11 June 2026
  • This week, Iran was not an imminent threat to the homeland.
    — NBC news, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Samantha doesn’t seem that bothered by the news of her imminent death.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 30 Mar. 2026
  • As the date approached, there were the surefire signs the birth was imminent.
    — Samantha Leach, Glamour, 7 May 2019
  • News of an imminent announcement was pushed back again and again.
    — Sharon Coolidge, Cincinnati.com, 6 June 2018
  • Nothing on tape at this point suggests that run is imminent.
    — Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Zach Sobiech wasn't the first or last artist to deal with imminent death in song.
    — Star Tribune, 15 Oct. 2020
  • So, what awaits the urgent patient—the movie that is plucked from imminent death?
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Not because a sale is imminent.
    — Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
  • Usually made while on their hind legs, prairie dogs can alert the colony to an imminent threat.
    — Anton L. Delgado, The Arizona Republic, 5 Aug. 2021

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