Sentences with phrase «imminent invasion»
"imminent invasion" means that an attack or invasion is about to happen very soon. Full definition
On the eve of the Gulf War, I preached a sermon in which I expressed my opposition to the imminent invasion.
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Elijah sensed the imminent invasion of his realm of the present moment as he lay huddled in the cave, and he smothered his face in his mantle (I Kings 19:11 - 13).
With then - Councilmembers Bill Perkins and Brewer, and dozens of their colleagues on the Council, Brian helped to draft and secure passage of Council Resolution 549, opposing the imminent invasion of Iraq.
The Home Guard is patrolling the streets of Walmington - on - Sea and their spirits are rather dampened by the thought of the imminent invasion.
He dismisses the would - be thieves as amateurs, not professionals, but for the rest of the movie this feeling of imminent invasion and theft never goes away.
At a time when the country was straining every nerve to resist an imminent invasion, the provisional committee of the Convention produced a six - point programme, no doubt designed to resemble the six points of the nineteenth - century Chartists.
But we do not face an imminent invasion that would prompt the shift to a war - footing.