impending danger

collocation in English

meaningsofimpendinganddanger

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impending
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ɪmˈpen.dɪŋ/us
/ɪmˈpen.dɪŋ/
used to refer to an event, usually something unpleasant or unwanted, that is going to ...
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danger
noun
uk
/ˈdeɪn.dʒər/us
/ˈdeɪn.dʒɚ/
the possibility of harm or death ...
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(Definition ofimpendinganddangerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofimpending danger

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The speaker instills fear in the addressee in respect of animpendingdangeror consequences.
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Psychological concomitants include feelings ofimpendingdanger, powerlessness, apprehension and tension.
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Thus, the infant should "sense"impendingdanger, the source of which cannot be identified and0or understood.
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He was at pains to tell us something of theimpendingdanger.
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I will briefly refer to a subject which is a matter of some present discussion, that of animpendingdangerof inflation.
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It should be international institutions that identifyimpendingdanger.
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None of us could have foreseen what penalties would have to be paid because of our neglect of thatimpendingdanger.
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I pay tribute to that night mole for alerting us to theimpendingdanger.
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I believe that if there is to be a public interest defence the emphasis should be on animpendingdanger.
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Nor could it be defended on this occasion by the plea ofimpendingdangeror useful example.
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That has been to my mind proved as a pressing andimpendingdanger.
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The signs ofimpendingdangerare there.
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They deliver information to the body about stress andimpendingdanger, and are responsible for the familiar fight-or-flight response.
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Enide ignores this command several times to warn her husband ofimpendingdanger.
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Meanwhile, it has been discovered that the turquoise certainly can change colour, but that this is not necessarily a sign ofimpendingdanger.
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The man continuously tries to contact someone in order to warn them about animpendingdanger, the details of which become apparent throughout the series.
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One qashmal might be dispatched to warn a person ofimpendingdanger, even as another is urging a separate person to bring about that danger.
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He can senseimpendingdangerand see things at any corner of the world.
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Micaiah can also foreseeimpendingdangerand sense what people are feeling in their hearts.
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Its entire surface is inlaid with gold, and hung with bells to warn the king ofimpendingdanger.
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