loom up
Example Sentences
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He’ll be with us for a good hour and a half; now and then, his nice, tanned face will loom up, distorted with rage, but plainly with fascination, too.
From The Guardian • Jul. 28, 2019
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
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
Inhaling the smell of fresh horseshit in Central Park, seeing the skyscrapers loom up above the tree line, he felt overcome with gratitude.
From The New Yorker • Jan. 28, 2013
A half hour later, when she spied the enormous elevated interchange loom up ahead of them, she gasped and put one hand to the side of her face.
From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty
