imminent,

Otherwise the department would not intervene unless asked to or when irretrievable breakdown seemed imminent,

ANC Daily News Briefing 1996

"The point is," continued Furneaux, who delighted in keeping his chief on tenterhooks when some new development in the chase was imminent,

The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley Louis Tracy 1895

About this time, finding a few shillings over and no expense imminent,

The Stark Munro Letters Arthur Conan Doyle 1894

In the early part of 1812, when war with Russia had become imminent,

The Tragedy of St. Helena Walter Runciman 1892

Now it chanced that just as a Moorish invasion seemed most imminent,

With Spurs of Gold Heroes of Chivalry and their Deeds Frances Nimmo Greene 1885

The doctor frowned, and seeing that some business matters were imminent,

The Weathercock Being the Adventures of a Boy with a Bias George Manville Fenn 1870

At this point, where a battle was considered as imminent,

Foreign and Colonial News 1863

But Karen was no worse; and not knowing what to think about her, but comforting herself with the hope that at least her danger was not imminent,

Hills of the Shatemuc Susan Warner 1852

EMI is talking to a few interested parties about selling the North London studios, but a deal is not imminent,

DealBook By DEALBOOK 2010

Three albums in and with the end seemingly imminent,

Evening Standard - Home 2010