about to in English

preposition

on the verge of; pointing out something that will take place very soon; suggests that something is imminent (E.g.: "Susan is sitting at the table and I think she is about to eat lunch")

Use "about to" in a sentence

Below are sample sentences containing the word "about to" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "about to", or refer to the context using the word "about to" in the English Dictionary.

1. You're about to learn.

2. I'm about to explode!

3. We're about to make history.

4. We're about to get off.

5. He's just about to leave.

6. They were about to ship.

7. I'm about to start shooting!

8. About to abscond, are we?

9. The sow's about to litter.

10. Look like you're about to cry.

11. He's about to paint his masterpiece.

12. That agreement is about to expire.

13. We're just about to a beehive.

14. I was about to start cooking.

15. Project Vulcan is about to begin.

16. Just when I'm about to sleep?

17. Dramatic events were about to unfold.

18. Something unusual is about to happen.

19. The rabbit is about to pee.

20. Grandpa's about to crush your windpipe.

21. That snail was about to charge.

22. Military quarantine is about to begin.

23. The eggs are about to hatch.

24. Looks like the pericardium's about to burst.

25. We're about to enter the accretion disk.

26. Ethan, the generator's about to go active.

27. A Pleasure-Loving World About to End!

28. I was about to tell President Ahn.

29. Your match is about to go out.

30. We saw the tiger about to pounce .

31. But the plot is about to thicken.

32. Cisco Ramon's about to conduct something nasty.

33. The ferry was about to leave port.

34. The wedding ceremony is about to begin.

35. Bring about To cause something to happen

36. Because of what I'm about to say,

37. Hurry, miss, we' re about to leave

38. They cast about to solve this problem.

39. The plum season is about to begin.

40. The undersea battle is about to begin.

41. The next ballot is about to start.

42. We're about to make the quantum leap.

43. His cruciate ligament is about to sever

44. Things are about to get more mysterious.

45. His pants were about to catch fire.

46. The situation was about to boil over.

47. He sensed something was about to happen.

48. We laid about to surmount the obstacle.

49. He is just about to finish it.

50. 20 Something unusual is about to happen.