T. C. Boyle

In previous generations, there was purpose; you had to die, but there was God, and literature and culture would go on. Now, there is no God, and our species is imminently doomed, so there is no purpose. We get up, raise families, have bank accounts, fix our teeth and everything else. But really, there is utterly no purpose except to be alive.

American Novelist

Mike Quigley

Growing up during the Cold War, I remember the seemingly imminent threat of nuclear war. In primary school we were taught to 'duck-and-cover' for protection. But even as children hiding under wooden desks, we recognized the inadequacies of this strategy.

American Politician

Lisa Stansfield

It's like, if someone asks me to do something and it seems like a really exciting project, but I maybe really frightened about it, nine times out of then I'll say yes imminently because then I can worry after I've said yes!

English Musician

J. G. Ballard

Looking back, it puzzles me that my parents decided to stay in Shanghai when they must have known that war was imminent. But the cotton works were my father's responsibility, and duty then counted for something.

British Author

Dag Hammarskjold

Your body must become familiar with its death - in all its possible forms and degrees - as a self-evident, imminent, and emotionally neutral step on the way towards the goal you have found worthy of your life.

Swedish Diplomat

Nargis Fakhri

I think massage is a very important part of life, which is present from centuries as an imminent part of India's tradition.

American Actress

John Malkovich

The world is ruled by violence, or at least the imminent threat of violence. It always has been.

American Actor

Jonathan Sacks

Since the 18th century, many Western intellectuals have predicted religion's imminent demise.

British Clergyman

Christopher Lasch

Personal disintegration remains always an imminent danger.

American Historian

D. H. Lawrence

Loud peace propaganda makes war seem imminent.

English Writer

Implies that something needs immediate attention or action.

Urgency

Used when there's no time to lose, suggesting quick action is needed.

No Delay

Often creates a sense of tension or suspense about what will happen next.

Tension Building

Suggests even more immediate expectation than 'soon'.

Any Moment Now

Expresses high probability of an event occurring very soon.

Probability

Particularly used in academic or formal contexts to discuss potential disasters.

Impending Crisis

 If multiple detectors receive similar signals within ten seconds, SNEWS will trigger an alert warning that a supernova is imminent. Aided by some distance and direction information from the neutrino detectors, the amateur astronomers and scientists alike will scan the skies and share information

How to detect a...

 But unfortunately, that's not a story that's shared by many black girls in the US and around the world today. We're living through a crisis in which black girls are being disproportionately pushed away from schools --- not because of an imminent threat they pose to the safety of a school,

Why Black girls are...

 When dad knew his death was imminent, he had three clear wishes. He wanted to die at home; he wanted to die surrounded by family; and he wanted to die peacefully, not choking or gasping for air. And I'm pleased to say that my family were able to support dad's wishes,

Talk about your death...

 Soon the majority of people on the planet will have one, and the idea of connecting everyone to both knowledge and each other will endure. So what's next? What imminent advance will be the equivalent of the Pantheon? Thinking about this,

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 interest that's coming due and you can have access to the market and you can refinance the the maturities that are following you then it's sustainable it's only becomes a problem as we said when you're facing kind of imminent default

Pulling back the curtain...

 not only is he her guide dog he is also trained to alert to an imminent seizure he raises the alarm forty minutes beforehand which gives Tony enough time to make herself safe and avoid injury when AJ's alerted to a major seizure he

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 I began to tell the patient of his imminent demise. He already knew by my tone of voice and body language. As I placed the defibrillator pads on his chest, prepping for what was going to happen, he looked me in the eye and said,

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 like memes relating to the imminent election. That’s how you would like to go about spreading disinformation, but what kind of disinformation would be effective in manipulating young Greene supporters?

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 and the armed gangs were approaching your house? A Syrian refugee boy I know told me that he didn't hesitate when his life was in imminent danger. He took his high school diploma,

Let’s Help Refugees...

 really became imminent I was praying for the for the parole board to spare my life

Imminent