Loom
loom (verb) - about to happen (in a threatening way)
loom large
a crisis looms
an issue looms
a controversy looms
challenges loom
an image looms
a threat looms
a difficulty looms
problems loom
looms as a symbol of
continues to loom
looms ahead, looms over you, looms before you, looms above you, looms at you, looms in...
Example sentences:
* The politically explosive bilateral trade gap is certain to loom large when the two leaders meet next month.
* Even as the country celebrates its successful recovery, new challenges loom, which could slow growth and poverty-reduction if not properly handled.
* The economy is not the only area where challenges loom.
* Censorship looms large in China nowadays.
* The ghost of Ms. Smith, their former manager, loomed above them, urging them to work harder.
* The image of the World Trade Center being attacked looms very large as a symbol of a vulnerabile America.
* Huge interest payments that they can't meet loom over them.
* "The problems of the future loom large like a tidal wave out at sea."
* This controversy will continue to loom for the foreseeable future.
* Challenges loom ahead after the economic setback.
* New crises loom in the country's aging infrastructure.
* New patent laws are among the big issues that loom before Congress in its next session.
* A gigantic ghost looms out of the fog and disappears again.
* If you are new to Japanese food, one major difficulty will loom at you: how to use the chopsticks.
* When he woke, the threatening teeth of a Rottweiler loomed in front of his face.
