loom up

The air is cold and sharp as we cross the meadows, and the dark trees loom up before us.

And even when a research project is going well, impostor syndrome can loom up again and make you feel incapable or unworthy of accomplishing your goals.

“These smoking chimneys loom up at you, out of the blackness. They’re just incredible,” says Sigwart.

What senselessness might loom up ahead?

There was time still for more abuse as Mings took the ball and for the sight of a huge phalanx of riot police, helmets on, to loom up at the side of the pitch.