Explore Imminent through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like impending or close. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Imminent meaning
About to happen, occur, or take place very soon, especially of something which won't last long.
Using Imminent
- The main meaning on this page is: About to happen, occur, or take place very soon, especially of something which won't last long.
- Useful related words include: at hand, close at hand, impendent, impending.
- In the example corpus, imminent often appears in combinations such as: an imminent, is imminent, the imminent.
Context around Imminent
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 3 middle, 13 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Imminent
- In this selection, "imminent" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, return, actually, mean, danger, reports and move stand out and add context to how "imminent" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and no imminent danger was and and return imminent reports popped. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "imminent" sits close to words such as celtics, dioxide and distribute, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with imminent
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
But an announcement is not imminent. (6 words)
An announcement about three exciting new academic appointments is also imminent. (11 words)
But even with just one leg done, more information is imminent. (11 words)
But if Microsoft prove with Starfield that they can do the same, with Game Pass and some pretty exciting third party games out now or imminent, it’ll be very tempting to buy an Xbox Series X before year’s end. (41 words)
Beijing shows little sign of an imminent spending spree: China’s annual investment in all U.S. industries plunged by more than 90% since peaking at $49 billion in 2016, according to the Rhodium Group, a New York-based consultancy. (40 words)
As part of Birdland’s ‘Shriek Week’ celebrations, visitors can discover why owls are considered to be so wise, where the legend of the phoenix came from and which bird call the Romans believed to mean imminent death. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
Rumors of setbacks lingered during his rehabilitation, and “return imminent” reports popped up frequently before his return was actually imminent in August of this year.
About the failure of Netanyahu and his intelligence and military bureaucracies to heed warnings of imminent danger, in Gaza and beyond.
A deal is not imminent, but the two sides are at least talking — with hopes a deal can (finally) be done this week.
Adelaide's coach wouldn't comment on reports of Nestory Irankunda's imminent move to Bayern Munich.
After hours of investigation of the unidentified explosives, authorities confirmed that the items were flares and no imminent danger was present.
Again, the Nigeria Labour Congress () has threatened to embark on strike on the imminent hike in the pump price of petroleum.
Amid widespread confusion about whether Musk's Twitter account had been hacked or he was joking, Musk followed up a few hours later with suggesting a deal was imminent.
An announcement about three exciting new academic appointments is also imminent.
And now we have the imminent launch of our new capital-light highly efficient automated fulfillment solution for use outside of e-commerce grocery.
An old highway bridge that paralleled the railroad bridge — together, they were called the Twin Bridges — was removed in 2021 after the Montana Department of Transportation determined it was in imminent danger of falling.
Another effect of this prudent and impartial way of acting on the part of the Holy See on that occasion was that all the Cuban bishops were able to participate in the imminent Second Vatican Council.
A small country community is rejoicing after the federal government stepped in to save a local GP clinic from imminent closure.
As part of Birdland’s ‘Shriek Week’ celebrations, visitors can discover why owls are considered to be so wise, where the legend of the phoenix came from and which bird call the Romans believed to mean imminent death.
Before anyone panics, it’s worth remembering that the threat is significant but not imminent.
Beijing shows little sign of an imminent spending spree: China’s annual investment in all U.S. industries plunged by more than 90% since peaking at $49 billion in 2016, according to the Rhodium Group, a New York-based consultancy.
Ben's death feels imminent, but if Van's (and any others of queer identity) are added this becomes deeply concerning.
But an announcement is not imminent.
But at the time of filing, it had not defaulted on payments to this class of creditors—it had noted, however, that default is “imminent”.
But even with just one leg done, more information is imminent.
But if Microsoft prove with Starfield that they can do the same, with Game Pass and some pretty exciting third party games out now or imminent, it’ll be very tempting to buy an Xbox Series X before year’s end.
Common combinations with imminent
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- an imminent 35×
- is imminent 29×
- the imminent 26×
- of imminent 15×
- imminent danger 11×
- was imminent 10×
- imminent in 9×
- imminent threat 8×
- are imminent 8×
- not imminent 7×