Still he is painfully conscious of the impending fall of the Terran Empire and the subsequent "Long Night" of a galactic dark age.

His primary consort (元妃), Lady Chen, committed suicide during the impending fall of the Ming.

Most witnesses to the somber spectacle, however, seemed to sense the drama of the impending fall of the President who had led them through the most fateful stretch of modern Soviet history.

However, the impending fall of Dachang in late October forced Chiang to redeploy the Chinese divisions originally stationed along the northern coast of Hangzhou Bay.

All swayed with impending fall.

The impending fall of Mr. Assad's barbarous regime provides a rare strategic opportunity to weaken Iran.

In April 1865 Richmond was evacuated due to the impending fall of Petersburg and the VMI Corps of Cadets was disbanded.

There was no way to prevent the impending fall from happening, but she did know ways to keep it from being disastrous.

Sensing the impending fall, Agro jerks forward to throw Wander to safety on the other side, sacrificing herself and falling into the river hundreds of feet below as the bridge finally gives way.

People with arthritis may lack the strength or dexterity to head off an impending fall.