How to Use loom large in a Sentence
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Even so, global risks still loom large.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2025
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That’s where the fire-balling Doval could loom large.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 23 Mar. 2026
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Those moments loom large and teach us quickly what to avoid.
—Leslie John, Time, 27 Feb. 2026
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In the world of sports, certain names will always loom large.
—Joe Kozlowski, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 June 2025
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The shadows from the apartment blocks loom large overhead.
—James Horncastle, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026
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The sack numbers loom large with tougher opponents ahead.
—Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 28 Sep. 2025
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Those numbers checked the boxes scouts are looking at, but the on-field work could loom large.
—Tony Catalina, Austin American Statesman, 24 Mar. 2026
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The closest supermoon of the year will soon loom large and bright in the autumn sky.
—Gina Park and Ashley Strickland, CNN, 16 Oct. 2024
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But the former president’s presence and lead in the polls will loom large.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 6 Dec. 2023
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And in this league, a ninth win before December doesn’t just loom large.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 30 Nov. 2025
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The economics and physics that doomed Concorde still loom large.
—Jackie Snow, Quartz, 18 Feb. 2025
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But two additional factors loom large in the short term.
—Nish Acharya, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
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Unhappy unions loom large in the novel, which teems with adultery.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
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Privacy concerns loom large as well.
—Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
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The accomplishments of the fathers or uncles of those draftees loom large.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2026
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Western red cedar, and the thick gloom of western hemlocks with their feathery branches, loom large.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2024
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If something goes wrong with the child, the mother will loom large, either for her presence or for her absence.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 14 June 2023
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But still, hate crimes against Asian residents loom large in residents’ minds.
—Elissa Miolene, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Aug. 2022
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As questions of shade equity loom large, the lack of shade structures marks one of the bridge’s major blind spots.
—Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2022
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Labor shortages and succession gaps loom large.
—Jessica Binns, Sourcing Journal, 18 Mar. 2026
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Why isn’t Ross as well-known as other space pioneers who loom large in pop culture today?
—Harper's Bazaar Staff, Harper's BAZAAR, 11 Feb. 2022
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Yet, amidst the marvels these innovations bring, questions loom large.
—Max (chong) Li, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
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Family bonds, absence, and trauma loom large as themes in the doc, but so does self-authorship.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 15 Mar. 2026
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The environmental costs loom large for these experts, too.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2025
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Panthers quarterback Bryce Young’s play will loom large in their final three weeks.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 17 Dec. 2025
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But the legal and reputational risks of failing to comply with the price caps loom large.
—Julia Horowitz, CNN, 1 Mar. 2023
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Despite the banal-sounding term, the consequences of this meeting loom large.
—Javier Paz, Forbes, 28 May 2022
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None of this is cheap, and the risks of unintended consequences — and questions about whether these ideas even work — loom large.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2024
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The first new homes in each community have been completed, but thousands of empty lots still loom large.
—Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2026
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The upsides of the deal are apparent, but the downsides to the environment loom large.
—Paige Hagy, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2023
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