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Idioms and Phrases

Appear imminent in a threatening, magnified form. For example, The possibility of civil war loomed large on the horizon , or Martha wanted to take it easy for a week, but the bar exam loomed large . This term employs loom in the sense of “come into view,” a usage dating from the late 1500s.
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Example Sentences

Sexual jealousy and mate guarding loom large in evolutionary psychology.

As long as a more comprehensive solution remains elusive, the risks of failure will continue to loom large.

As tensions mount between Washington and Tehran, the lessons of the Iran-Iraq conflict loom large.

ARIES You loom large, exuding unabashed confidence and signature superiority.

With three weeks remaining until Britons go to the polls, the debates loom large.

Bolognas towers and domes loom large on the horizon as one draws up on this great capital from any direction.

Yet prize-bags may once again loom large in our intellectual horizon, though with a difference.

Other men whose names loom large in American history were with the little army also.

And the ledgers of several publishers will show a loss, due to excessive advertising, on books that loom large in public favor.

They saw a workingmen's control of city government loom large and imminent, with all its threat of overturned political tradition.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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