Afterwards they began to converse in disjointed words, as people do over whom had Impended a terrible danger and whom only an accident had saved.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
A battle of the giants, with loss and possible ruin for one side or the other, Impended.
"History of the United States, Volume 6 (of 6)"
E. Benjamin Andrews
He knew something terrible Impended.
"By What Authority?"
Robert Hugh Benson