(v. i.) To hang over; to be suspended above; to threaten frome near at hand; to menace; to be imminent. See Imminent.
Example Sentences:
(1) Asked if France had “jumped the gun and didn’t tell us”, Fox said he was notaware of anyone in government who knew about the impending airstrikes.
(2) Insecure infant attachment at 16 months was associated with maternal perception of overcontrol, depressed mood state, and aversive conditioning to the impending cry in the laboratory task at the 5-month period.
(3) In contrast to other methods (ECG, inspection, auscultation, blood gas analysis), it immediately detects an impending lack of oxygen, whatever its cause.
(4) In grade 1, there are mild changes, usually of minor significance; in grade 2 moderate changes which need regular observation, and in grade 3 severe changes which indicate impending failure.
(5) The report continues: "We have established that on 9 December, the circle of knowledge of an impending 'big story' by the same Telegraph team who broke [a major political story about British parliamentary expenses] extended to ... a former Telegraph employee now employed by News International ... [who] works closely at News International with the former Telegraph editor Will Lewis , both of whom have strong motivations to damage the Telegraph.
(6) Our results suggest that immediate coronary angioplasty in acute impending myocardial infarction is effective and avoids the need for prior thrombolytic therapy.
(7) This finding suggests that routine measurement of such an electrogram may be a useful tool in predicting impending lead malfunction.
(8) Somatosensory cortical evoked potential studies (SEPs) following stimulation of the pudendal nerves proved useful in objectively documenting preoperative low sacral root involvement in a 33-year-old postlaminectomy patient, presenting with impending cauda equina syndrome and treated by piriformis muscle release with good clinical results.
(9) The goal of this work was to provide clinicians with objective criteria to augment clinical judgment regarding surgical intervention in the impending compartment syndrome.
(10) Of screening tests performed, only LDH was successful in detecting preclinical relapse, with a sensitivity of 42% and specificity of 85% for impending symptomatic relapse.
(11) Gastric bleeding from stress ulcers in acutely sick infants frequently signals impending mortality.
(12) We report the emergence of an erythematous weeping rash with impending exfoliation three years after the initiation of minoxidil therapy.
(13) Six cases of lung cancer combined with the disease which has needed semi-emergency operation, two cases of unstable angina, two of ileus due to colon cancer, one of impending rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysm and one of purulent cholecystitis with cholelithiasis, were discussed.
(14) Napolitano said there was no indication that Abdulmutallab was "part of anything larger" in terms of impending attacks.
(15) A greater use of allylestrenol in the first global evaluation was explained by a higher incidence in these groups of impending miscarriage and preterm labor, which are indications for allylestrenol therapy.
(16) In one example of the import substitution sought by the Kremlin, Russia's president, Vladimir Putin , said at a meeting with representatives of Russia's military-industrial complex on Monday night that the country would replace imported components for its arms production, and the impending "technological difficulties" would in the end be beneficial for the country.
(17) The idea of cutting corporation tax was floated in the Sunday Express last month as a way of wooing banks considering leaving the UK because of an impending Brexit.
(18) We conclude that the rapid LH test was able to predict impending ovulation.
(19) In BBC News, hundreds of jobs are under threat , mostly reporting roles, due to the domestic newsgathering operation's impending merger with the World Service.
(20) To determine criteria for predicting impending first-trimester loss when a normal fetal heart rate is identified sonographically, the authors studied 16 consecutively examined patients with pregnancies of 5.5-9 weeks gestation, a small sac size, and fetuses with normal cardiac activity.
Pend
Definition:
(n.) Oil cake; penock.
(v. i.) To hang; to depend.
(v. i.) To be undecided, or in process of adjustment.
(v. t.) To pen; to confine.
Example Sentences:
(1) And this has opened up a loophole for businesses to be morally bankrupt, ignoring the obligations to its workforce because no legal conduct has been established.” Whatever the outcome of the pending lawsuits, it’s unlikely that just one model will work for everybody.
(2) A preliminary "profile" of the patient with low back pain who would likely benefit from manual therapy included acute symptom onset with less than a 1-month duration of symptoms, central or paravertebral pain distribution, no previous exposure to spinal manipulation, and no pending litigation or workers' compensation.
(3) He can appoint Garland to the supreme court, and even push through the other 58 federal judicial nominees that are pending.
(4) Catheter occlusion of the right lower pulmonary artery allowed evaluation of the integrity of the remaining pulmonary vascular bed as well as improvement of the patient's hemodynamic condition pending more definitive therapy.
(5) The spokesman added that there were already "quite a few cases pending".
(6) UK in denial over Saudi arms sales being used in Yemen, claims Oxfam Read more A previous draft report prepared by the arms export controls select committee was set to call for a suspension of UK arms sales to Saudi pending an independent investigation into the way the Saudi-led coalition was conducting a bombing campaign in Yemen.
(7) The implications for ethics committees of the pending federal Patient Self-Determination Act are discussed here by John C. Fletcher in "The Patient Self-Determination Act: yes," and by Alexander Morgan Capron in "The Patient Self-Determination Act: not now."
(8) Greens in the European parliament, as well as in France and Germany , called for the conference to be postponed pending an investigation of the allegations.
(9) Scotland Yard said the 15-year-old was questioned on suspicion of offences under the Computer Misuse Act, but freed on bail on Tuesday morning pending further inquiries.
(10) I would do so in consideration of the appellants' rights, to avoid the possibility of a miscarriage of justice, and in comity with the supreme courts' request for time to resolve the issues pending before it."
(11) These conclusions must be considered tentative, pending other studies to disprove the presence of new molecular species with no change in net charge or size.
(12) As pharmacists are legally or unofficially involved in many areas with few facilities, it may be questioned how their contribution may be more effective pending the development of more extensive official programs.
(13) The TLU was well tolerated by the patients; only two patients refused the TLU pending discussion of the technique with their obstetrician.
(14) Although supporters have stumped up £180,000, it is expected bail will be refused, pending a full hearing of Sweden's extradition request.
(15) The Alabama supreme court ordered county probate judges to uphold the state ban pending a final ruling by the US supreme court , which hears arguments in April on whether gay couples nationwide have a fundamental right to marry and whether states can ban such unions.
(16) Successful application of CAD technology for bridge to transplant or pending recovery of the natural heart requires understanding issues involving team readiness, patient selection, device limitations, patient management, and complications.
(17) But the pending toughening of the rules merely angers lawyers acting for the detainees even more – why, they ask, did the Obama administration not act more quickly to effect transfers before the squeeze was imposed.
(18) Pending delivery, which is the only definitive therapy for preeclampsia, maternal complications of intracerebral hemorrhage and eclampsia may be prevented with judicious use of antihypertensive medication (e.g., hydralazine) and magnesium sulfate, respectively.
(19) Balls's intervention came in the wake of News International announcing yesterday that Ian Edmondson, the News of the World's assistant editor, had been suspended before Christmas pending an investigation into whether he had instructed reporters to hack phones, or had knowledge of the practice.
(20) He is reported to have expressed unhappiness at his own pending deployment and of US troops being responsible for the killing of fellow Muslims in Iraq and Afghanistan.