Hairbreadth scapes i' the imminent deadly breach.Shak.
Their eyes ever imminent upon worldly matters.Milton.
Syn. -- Impending; threatening; near; at hand. -- Imminent, Impending, Threatening. Imminent is the strongest: it denotes that something is ready to fall or happen on the instant; as, in imminent danger of one's life. Impending denotes that something hangs suspended over us, and may so remain indefinitely; as, the impending evils of war. Threatening supposes some danger in prospect, but more remote; as, threatening indications for the future.
Three times to-dayShak.
You have defended me from imminent death.
No story I unfold of public woes,Pope.
Nor bear advices of impending foes.
Fierce faces threatening war.Milton.