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How do you use Imminence in a sentence? See 4 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like state, plus the exact meaning.

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Imminence in a sentence

Imminence meaning

The state or condition of being about to happen; imminent quality.

Synonyms of Imminence

imminency imminentness impendence impendency forthcomingness state

Related words

Other words often associated with Imminence or its synonyms:

land province government country commonwealth regime express nation authorities

Using Imminence

  • The main meaning on this page is: The state or condition of being about to happen; imminent quality.
  • Useful related words include: imminency, imminentness, impendence, impendency.
  • In the example corpus, imminence often appears in combinations such as: the imminence, imminence of.

Context around Imminence

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 3 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Sentence patterns with Imminence

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and the imminence of war 1× of the imminence of death 1× presage the imminence of his 1× sensed the imminence of greylisting 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

finance minister enoch 1× second world war 1× the poet seems 1× witchcraft and religious 1×

Common sentence endings:

his own death 1× prepared for it 1× sorcery and witchcraft 1× to spy fiction 1×

Words around Imminence

Just before it in the word index:

immigrations 7 immigration 4.455 immigrating 39 immigrates 4 immigrated 191 immigrate 58

Just after it in the word index:

imminent 874 imminently 74 immingham 13 immiscibility 3 immiscible 11 immiseration 4

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaand 6 aaah 6 aaargh 6 aacl 6 aadhi 6 aak 6

Corpus analysis for Imminence

  • In this selection, "imminence" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and the imminence of war and of the imminence of death. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "imminence" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with imminence

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

The poet seems to presage the imminence of his own death. (11 words)

Finance minister, Enoch Godongwana, hinted at this in his budget speech and financial institutions probably sensed the imminence of greylisting and prepared for it. (24 words)

Second World War The growing threat of fascism in Germany, Italy and Spain, and the imminence of war, attracted quality writers back to spy fiction. (25 words)

Longer example sentences

Witchcraft and Religious Imagery The Trinity and Mystic Pietà In addition to traditional, religious subjects, Baldung was concerned during these years with the profane theme of the imminence of death and with scenes of sorcery and witchcraft. (37 words)

Second World War The growing threat of fascism in Germany, Italy and Spain, and the imminence of war, attracted quality writers back to spy fiction. (25 words)

Finance minister, Enoch Godongwana, hinted at this in his budget speech and financial institutions probably sensed the imminence of greylisting and prepared for it. (24 words)

Example sentences (4)

Finance minister, Enoch Godongwana, hinted at this in his budget speech and financial institutions probably sensed the imminence of greylisting and prepared for it.

Second World War The growing threat of fascism in Germany, Italy and Spain, and the imminence of war, attracted quality writers back to spy fiction.

The poet seems to presage the imminence of his own death.

Witchcraft and Religious Imagery The Trinity and Mystic Pietà In addition to traditional, religious subjects, Baldung was concerned during these years with the profane theme of the imminence of death and with scenes of sorcery and witchcraft.

Common combinations with imminence

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "imminence" in a sentence?
An example: "Finance minister, Enoch Godongwana, hinted at this in his budget speech and financial institutions probably sensed the imminence of greylisting and prepared for it." This page contains 4 example sentences with the word "imminence" from authentic English texts.
What does "imminence" mean?
Imminence means: The state or condition of being about to happen; imminent quality.
What are synonyms of "imminence"?
Common synonyms of "imminence" include: imminency, imminentness, impendence, impendency, forthcomingness, state.
How many example sentences with "imminence" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 4 example sentences with "imminence", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.