loom up

Example Sentences

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Away from Cooper in particular, there’s a weird cyclical phenomenon, where famous older women suddenly loom up out of the ether to tell younger women off for being “meany-poos” to men.

From The Guardian • Jun. 3, 2018

Shadowy mountains loom up between the buildings as you walk five minutes from one end of the town to the other.

From Slate • Sep. 6, 2017

But on the album, unexpected sounds also tend to loom up — electronics, a saxophone, a drum machine, a choir — and song structures sometimes dissolve or go on tangents.

From New York Times • May 17, 2017

Still, every time I thought I’d put the long shadow of Dylan behind me, it would loom up and engulf me again.

From Salon • Oct. 7, 2015

Ahead of us, something black and skeletal seemed to loom up from the middle of the road.

From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith