The phrase "an impending threat" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a danger or risk that is about to happen or is looming in the near future.
Example: "The intelligence reports indicated an impending threat to national security that required immediate action."
Alternatives: "an imminent danger" or "a looming threat".
However, I take the liberty of using this opportunity to point out two more cases which pose an impending threat of serious damage to German science.
How our internal state is merged with our visual perception of an impending threat to drive an adaptive behavioural response is not known.
A disclaimer on the agency's website even states that earthquake information delivered through the notification service is preliminary and does not imply an impending threat.
But they appeared to contradict pronouncements from senior law enforcement officials, including Attorney General John Ashcroft, of an impending threat of domestic terrorist attacks.
The Infinite Comic, written by Mark Waid and illustrated by Stuart Immonen, chronicles the journey of the hero Nova from outer space to Earth to warn the Avengers of an impending threat, setting up the print narrative.
AMERICAN inflation, which has seemed to some conservative economists to be an impending threat ever since the Federal Reserve began to buy large quantities of government securities, appears to be falling to levels lower than any seen in recent years.
Several other sheriffs, overwhelmingly from rural, majority-white areas seemingly unlikely to be the targets of large-scale terror plots, have taken to social media to express similar sentiments hinged on the fear of a possible impending threat from "terrorists" or "radical Islamic extremists".
We identify the rivers that we think are of national significance, that have a serious and impending threat to them, and, most importantly, face some decision or action in coming months that will determine its fate.
Yes, it is that time of the day when all of a sudden, the impending threat presents itself!
Irrational beliefs about back pain, in which the pain is considered to be a signal of impending threat, can result in fear of movement/(re)injury, reduced function and activity, and subsequently maintenance and exacerbation of chronic disability [ 5].
Under the new system, an "elevated" threat will include a credible threat of terrorism while an "imminent" threat would warn of a credible, specific and impending threat.
