loom
to appear as a large, threatening shape or to seem about to happen in an intimidating way
Loom in a sentence
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The deadline loomed over the team, increasing everyone's anxiety.
As deadlines for the grant renewal loomed, the laboratory's unfinished experiments became a source of mounting anxiety.
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Critics complained that the documentary's narration was relentlessly blank, hammering home its single thesis so often that viewers felt lectured rather than informed.
Using “loom” well
Loom conveys that something large or threatening is approaching or about to happen, often producing dread. The looming thing may be physical, as a shape in fog, or abstract, as a deadline.
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using very few words; terse to the point of seeming blunt
one who falls behind or lags noticeably slower than others
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