How to Use loom in a Sentence

loom

1 of 2 noun

• The painting obeys the right-angled grid of the loom’s warp and weft.
  — New York Times, 26 Nov. 2021
• The best part: creating the loom is a craft project in itself!
  — Corinne Sullivan, Good Housekeeping, 11 Nov. 2022
• But, even here, death was back in the attic; the couch was gone, and no one could tell us what happened to the loom.
  — Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2023
• It would be programmed by punch cards, like the industrial looms of the time.
  — Charlie Fink, Forbes, 17 Feb. 2024
• Paper cuts are a bigger risk these days than losing an arm in a loom.
  — Andy Kessler, WSJ, 13 Nov. 2022
• After a winding and beaming process, the yarn was transformed into fabric in the loom.
  — Sameer Yasir, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2022
• Stephen Page was working on a RidgedHeddle loom (also known as slots and holes).
  — Sam Boyer, cleveland, 8 Nov. 2021
• Treadles, or foot levers, made their debut in the Middle Ages to power looms and spinning wheels.
  — Bill Gourgey, Popular Science, 25 Apr. 2023
• In Argos, in our house, far from her country, Working the loom and visiting my bed.
  — Sarah Ruden, National Review, 31 Mar. 2022
• The loom is now available through LikeMindedObjects for $200.
  — Sarah Spellings, Vogue, 3 Feb. 2022
• The two points of view make the book a kind of loom worked between Kellen and Nettle, a warp and weft intersecting to bring a richer image into view.
  — Amal El-Mohtar, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2023
• They are made on a large loom from torn lengths of fabric, with smaller scraps hand-knotted to create a colorful plush pile.
  — Deborah Needleman, Travel + Leisure, 16 Mar. 2023
• The bank will likely impose further hikes even as signs of an economic downturn loom.
  — Colin Lodewick, Fortune, 7 July 2022
• How large would an underfunded NIL collective loom down the road?
  — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2023
• Demand for Covid shots is waning, a backlash over drug prices is gaining traction, and questions about its next act loom.
  — Robert Weisman — Boston Globe, STAT, 25 June 2023
• But the aid may be coming too late as winter looms and Ukraine’s counteroffensive against Russia stalls.
  — Lara Jakes, New York Times, 18 Nov. 2023
• The 29-point loss against Penn State and giving up a 17-point lead while getting shutout in the second half loom as considerable demerits against Harsin.
  — al, 1 Oct. 2022
• As the 2024 election looms — and with the chance of someone even less sympathetic to their claims entering the Oval Office — death row inmates know the clock is ticking.
  — Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2023
• The impact of their grants, loans, and investments—both public and private—looms increasingly large.
  — Karen E. Young, Foreign Affairs, 22 Aug. 2023
• Ukraine’s Zelensky extends his tour of front-line areas as a spring offensive looms.
  — Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2023
• This, in turn, may place greater pressure over time on Western unity and resolve as the U.S. presidential election looms next year.
  — Roger Cohen, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2023
• Blanca Peak provided wood for her husband, Spider Man, to construct a loom.
  — Chadd Scott, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2023
• It’s been nearly two years since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and as the grim milestone looms and winter drags on, the two nations are locked in a grueling standoff.
  — Lily Hay Newman, WIRED, 6 Jan. 2024
• But as recession fears for the larger economy loom, the housing market is showing signs of slowing.
  — Anna Bahney, CNN, 1 Aug. 2022
• The games matter more as September looms, and Alzolay had converted 14 straight saves.
  — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2023
• Things at OpenAI seem much more tumultuous, as the threat of either a mass employee resignation or a total overhaul of the board—or both—looms.
  — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 20 Nov. 2023
• Meanwhile, the specter of the ultimate weapons—nuclear weapons—looms over what is, for all intents and purposes, a medieval battlefield.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 14 Aug. 2023
• The type of fraudulent schemes alleged in the complaint go by various names — sou-sou, gifting circle, money board, or blessing loom.
  — Washington Post, 29 June 2021
• Few obstacles to new housing loom as large as powerful neighbors who dislike the idea of new construction.
  — Mihir Zaveri, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2022
• Meanwhile, grief looms over Henrik’s family, threatening to tear them apart.
  — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 5 Feb. 2024

loom

2 of 2 verb

• The mountains loom above the valley.
• Storm clouds loomed on the horizon.
• Which makes Ertz’s return to the team loom even larger.
  — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 21 June 2023
• But the biggest question that looms over all of those images is still up in the air.
  — Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Apr. 2024
• By the end of this episode, his trial continues to loom.
  — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2024
• Shetty as the Big Bad of the season is no longer the looming conflict for Marie and her friends.
  — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 27 Oct. 2023
• The days are shorter, the skies are drearier, and winter looms ahead.
  — WIRED, 21 Oct. 2023
• Everybody is struggling in some way, and all the while, the wildfire looms.
  — Kayla Maiuri, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2024
• The Cougars and Beavers want a legally binding plan to handle the looming damages.
  — Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Dec. 2023
• On the right, the mushroom cloud of a bomb looms over swirls of factory smoke, the scene a motley milieu of muddied grays and browns.
  — Angelica Aboulhosn, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Nov. 2023
• But she is soon interrupted by the looming specter of death.
  — Alex Jhamb Burns, Vogue, 22 Sep. 2023
• The audience looms on three sides of their enclosure; on the fourth is the ominous black wall of a two-way mirror.
  — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 3 Feb. 2024
• As hikers head south on the second half of the loop, keep an eye out for the nearly 2,900-foot Mount Woodson looming ahead.
  — Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Feb. 2024
• The threat of removal has been looming over McCarthy ever since.
  — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 12 Sep. 2023
• So the fate of Samuels Public Library remains up in the air as the September deadline looms.
  — Gregory S. Schneider, Anchorage Daily News, 26 July 2023
• Mejia said that may be too late for him as scholarship deadlines loom.
  — Hannah Poukish, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2024
• On Friday evening, as dark storm clouds loomed, more than 200 passengers boarded the Harriott II for the first time since the fight.
  — Rachel Hatzipanagos, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2023
• Of course, risks still loom, and economists say a recession can’t be ruled out.
  — Stan Choe, Fortune, 16 Feb. 2024
• Panic has grown in the city ahead of a looming Israeli ground offensive.
  — Jeremy Diamond, CNN, 16 Feb. 2024
• But no one counted them out as a looming threat to the more obvious contenders.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2024
• But a legal deadline to come up with a more equitable social compact, at least in the eyes of the Supreme Court, now looms at the end of March.
  — Mick Krever, CNN, 8 Mar. 2024
• The dispute looms over the court’s term next month, when a number of high-profile cases are expected to be heard.
  — Eden Villalovas, Washington Examiner, 7 Aug. 2023
• Key battles still loom; the justice minister, Yariv Levin, has vowed to press on with more judicial changes by the end of the year.
  — Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 25 July 2023
• Still, some critics say the outgoing Lopez Obrador’s shadow looms over the contest.
  — Rafael Romo, CNN, 4 Oct. 2023
• But with the extension deadline looming, the Warriors have to place their bet this summer.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2024
• But even with that bit of movie magic, Jacob always sorta looms over her.
  — Keaton Bell, Vogue, 3 Nov. 2023
• And lowering the draft age alone will not resolve Ukraine’s looming need for soldiers.
  — Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2024
• The bitcoin price, which has rebounded from its 2022 price crash, surged as traders bet on a looming supply shock.
  — Billy Bambrough, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
• With each looming deadline, the stakes grow higher and the politics more winding.
  — Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 12 Jan. 2024
• The Quasar stage, named for the highly luminous objects at the center of galaxies, looms just left of the iconic Ferris Wheel.
  — Spin Staff, SPIN, 15 Apr. 2024