looms

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Examples

A disturbing prospect looms before us as Americans consider the possibility of a second term for President Barack Obama. Millions of conservatives who revere the Constitution, with its guarantees of freedom and limited government, have watched with alarm as the campaign season has unfolded. James Dobson

By night the skyscraper looms in the smoke and the stars and has a soul. Carl Sandburg

The older one becomes the quicker the present fades into sepia and the past looms up in glorious technicolour. Beryl Bainbridge

Congress should be forward thinking in the policies we set, instead of waiting until catastrophe looms. Bill Frist

No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy today, mix good cheer with friends today enjoy it and bless God for it. Henry Ward Beecher

Sheer visual quantity evokes the magical resonance of the tribal hoard. The box office looms as a return to the echo chamber of bardic incantation. Marshall McLuhan