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[ loo-ming ] / ˈlu mɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR looming ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna mirage in which objects below the horizon seem to be raised above their true positions. Origin of loomingFirst recorded in 1620–30; loom2 + -ing1 Words nearby loominglook up to, look who's talking, looky, loom, loo mask, looming, loom large, loom-state, loon, looney, loonie Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for loomingFinally, as with other medications, the looming question is that of globalization. Mother’s Little Anti-Psychotic Is Worth $6.9 Billion A Year|Jay Michaelson|November 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST Visitors are greeted by a looming gothic gate, the kind used to signify that important residents lie behind its spires. Brooklyn’s Gangster Graveyard|Nina Strochlic|October 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST But the causes belie a looming emergency that may leave hospitals scrambling, Red Cross officials said. The Red Cross Is 80,000 Blood Donations Short|Kevin Zawacki|July 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST No one was especially eager to deliver news of a disastrous military defeat or looming economic crisis. How the News Business Found Its Footing|Nick Romeo|June 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But he was fully devoted to EL, and made preparations for the looming doomsday. Is This The Scariest Doomsday Sect in China?|Brendon Hong|June 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST At first we went at a dog-trot, but presently slowed down to discuss the future looming portentously ahead of us. A Far Country, Complete|Winston Churchill He was rather glad of a possibility, just looming, of his being called away from England through affairs of importance. Emily Fox-Seton|Frances Hodgson Burnett Ahead of him rose huge boulders, looming like gigantic tombstones. The Long Dim Trail|Forrestine C. Hooker But if something of the sort is not looming, never trust me again. Johnny Ludlow, Third Series|Mrs. Henry Wood Some distance away, looming up above the nodding heads of trees, were the gables and chimney pots of the squire's residence. Ande Trembath|Matthew Stanley Kemp
Words related to loomingimminent, impending, approaching, emerging, appearing |