Sentence examples for impending destruction from inspiring English sources

The impending destruction could almost be smelled in the air.

After escaping from his cell, Bond makes his way to Dr. No's control room just in time to thwart the impending destruction of another space vehicle.

Danish controversialist Lars von Trier showed a gentler side in Melancholia, a visionary fable promoting calm acceptance of the Earth's impending destruction.

As I was already scheduled for the reconnaissance mission back to humanity's birthplace, I thought I'd return with a little something extra to celebrate its impending destruction.

In the face of an oncoming 18-wheeler, do I scream and cover my eyes, or do I take control of the wheel and save myself from impending destruction?

It cannot be used for cooking (except for the meal of a departing warrior) or for warmth; it is a symbol of the community, and its extinction is regarded as an omen of impending destruction.

Not surprisingly, truck drivers are often cited as an example of impending job destruction wrought by automation.

But they're also being told a powerful story about impending ecological destruction – at least, according to a researcher at Arizona State University studying how science blogs have responded to the world-conquering series.

Martyl Langsdorf, an artist who designed one of the most enduring visual images of the 20th century, the Doomsday Clock, with its hands ticking toward midnight as a symbol of impending nuclear destruction, died March 26 at a rehabilitation facility in Schaumburg, Ill.

Although intellectual responses to these events were mixed, the fear of impending global destruction generated by the Cold War and deepening concerns about the human consequences of the technological revolution and expansion of the media (McLuhan, 1967; Toffler, 1970) pervaded both scientific and fictional commentaries on the value and attainability of individual and social stability.

"The Last Demon" does not end in humour but with the destruction of the Jews and his own impending end.