How to use "imminent" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "imminent" in popular movie and book plots

  • Due to his imminent departure, he and Sarah must suspend their relationship.  - The Jewel in the Crown (TV series)
  • Brisco is meant to be aware of the imminent changes in society and technology and actively looks for them.  - The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
  • He also plans to play the stock market the day before to make a huge profit from the imminent disaster.  - Moonraker (novel)
  • In 1994, the sperm count of human males plummeted to zero, and mankind now faces imminent extinction.  - The Children of Men
  • He says that the reaction to imminent execution that will interest the public is not his own but the Chancellor's, as the door is locked.  - The Obsolete Man
  • Bernard is so happy with his life in Paris that he intends to turn down an imminent promotion that would require him to move to New York City.  - Boeing Boeing (1965 film)
  • Will Sturka, a scientist who works at a military base, has been producing a great number of H-bombs in preparation for imminent nuclear war.  - Third from the Sun
  • A divorce seems imminent as he nurtures a closer relationship with a co-worker, TGA customer relations agent Tanya Livingston (Jean Seberg).  - Airport (1970 film)
  • Sassoon and Owen discuss Sassoon's imminent departure and Owen is deeply affected.  - Regeneration (novel)
  • A distraught Georges learns of this and jeopardizes his imminent US visa by illegally entering the country to go to Emmy.  - Hold Back the Dawn
  • In the Sandleford warren, Fiver, a young runt rabbit who is a seer, receives a frightening vision of his warren's imminent destruction.  - Watership Down
  • He and Fader break out of Coventry separately to warn the country from which he had emigrated of the imminent attack.  - Coventry (short story)
  • Zorba declares his sadness about Basil's imminent departure to England and tells Basil that he is missing madness.  - Zorba the Greek (film)
  • This causes much consternation to Prince John and his court who now fear the imminent return of King Richard.  - Ivanhoe
  • Max accepts the reality of his imminent death when suddenly he's resuscitated by Laura.  - Fearless (1993 film)
  • By late January the plague is in full retreat, and the townspeople begin to celebrate the imminent opening of the town gates.  - The Plague

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