loom large

Examples of loomed

loomed

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

Because a significant portion of the labour force was becoming redundant, pauperization loomed large.
What once loomed large has shrunk in significance.
The more familiar colonial strategy of conquest and plunder always loomed in the background as perhaps an easier option.
With housing in short supply generally, the danger of property speculation loomed large.
Some of them, by the accidents of his reading, loomed out in his fancy disproportionately large by comparison with the rest.
To add to his political troubles, financial bankruptcy loomed.
Later, while tickling her infant, she loomed close to her face and bared her teeth.
Initially the party leaders felt that if day-care expansion was to be given its final go-ahead the costs loomed high.
We do know, however, that power politics within the family- whatever its details-consistently loomed larger than other considerations when it came to negotiating institutional change.
Later, however, its delight turned to horror as the rocky coast loomed large.
There was no time to ref lect as in an editorial-there was no interpreter to impartially dissect the question-and the son's presence loomed large.
This was to be demonstrated most dramatically by power plays within the major political parties as the general election loomed.
The potential for isolation loomed in a manner reminiscent of the early 1970s.
It was the ethic of the community in one sense that loomed larger than the right of the individual.
Again, individual responsibility loomed large also in a field completely unrelated to theology.
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