Looming Sentence Examples

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  • I could see another storm cloud looming on the horizon.

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  • So, I'm assuming he isn't the looming problem.

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  • These risks are only enhanced by the looming recession.

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  • The exchange was a stark testimony to the incongruities of man versus woman, and the pending adjustments of our marriage, looming ahead.

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  • From their well-watered rice-fields, the main source of their wealth, they could see the giant Himalayas looming up against the clear blue of the Indian sky.

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  • Dark clouds, looming over the western horizon, appeared to rise up in pursuit.

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  • Faced with this looming crisis, the Bank of England's ability to cut interest rates is rendered almost powerless.

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  • The great question of the Spanish succession was looming in all men's eyes, and though partition treaties between the interested powers were concluded in 1698 and 1700, it is practically certain that the French king held himself little bound by them.

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  • Over the last month, the pace of work was steadily on the increase, due to this looming deadline.

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  • He came upon the looming doors that stood so tall, he could not see the small stone gargoyles placed neatly above the awning.

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  • Pub grub goes gourmet With a smoking ban looming and beer sales dwindling, pubs are seeking their salvation in food.

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  • But a secret report predicts a looming catastrophe - a world riven with water wars, famine and anarchy.

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  • If you turn your back on the interpretative panel the landscape contains the unconformity - with Quinag looming above.

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  • I think the looming dangers from " enforced uniformity " are of a completely different nature.

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  • With the May election looming, all parties are all vying for our votes.

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  • Taking on new projects, a new job or a looming event like a wedding or high school reunion may also discourage sleep.

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  • These conditions sometimes prevail in misty or foggy weather, more particularly at sea, and thus give rise to the phenomena known as "looming."

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  • Awareness of a looming disaster was triggered by Rachel Carson's 1962 book Silent Spring.

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  • The French parliament argued that a fascist putsch was looming.

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  • When this is converted into state pension expenditure as% of GDP the looming problem of unfunded pensions looks stark indeed.

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  • It embraces the phenomena of the visionary appearance of lakes in arid deserts, the images of ships and icebergs, frequently seen as if inverted and suspended in the atmosphere in the Polar Regions, the Fata Morgana, and "looming" as witnessed in mists or fogs.

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  • With the impending baby bump looming around the corner, it is interesting to see what Nickelodeon plans to do with Jamie Lynn's television show.

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  • As a result, the looming doomsday forecast of both has pushed 2012 watchers to pay closer attention; even those who are skeptics!

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  • They had been married a week and a half, and his return to work was looming in the immediate future.

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  • These two books between them stand like pillars of a proscenium arch, framing the perspectives of the looming twentieth century.

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  • Contents The Duisenberg years The looming payments crisis Central bank financial strength Reinventing Euro-area NCBs Svensson - Interview CENTRAL BANKING VOL.

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  • I was getting edgy about the looming business of trying to buy the train tickets for Machu Picchu.

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  • For here, looming above a pretty lake, rises the great glass edifice of the European Parliament Building.

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  • In silence, in tears looming (tears that hang from long, thick lashes ), there is beauty.

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  • But in the case of the looming American war against Iraq, another wise saw needs to be borne in mind.

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  • Progress has meant the looming specter of the complete dehumanization of the individual and the catastrophe of ecological collapse.

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  • Incredibly - with the Cooper Owen Music Legends auction looming Madame Tussauds have now stumbled upon the waxwork heads ' missing bodies.

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  • Having debt looming over your head can be a harrowing experience; once you have acknowledged your problem, all you need to do is roll up your sleeves and get to work.

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  • This is particularly handy when a last-minute cancellation or addition is looming; members of a club can be notified via text or email and check the calendar to get the info.

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  • Individuals who are aware of the possibility that this disease may be looming in their future will be more likely to trace gastrointestinal symptoms back to gluten consumption.

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  • With the looming threat of a lawsuit and/or incarceration, many people are wary about downloading movies.

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  • For many, it is Victor Newman, a looming presence played by actor Eric Braeden.

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  • Some families have faced a looming foreclosure but averted it by putting their homes up for sale.The Byers family from Corvallis, Oregon, are one such example.

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  • And Qui-Gon also expressed his concern for the Gungans' safety in the looming battle.

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  • Sometimes you can see guns looming at the bottom of the screen, sometimes a hand or two appears.

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  • Prior to our forming a government, we will fight tooth and nail against the looming catastrophe of forced integration within secondary schools.

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  • You can find furniture for small bedrooms, living rooms, and any other room of your home that doesn't have a lot of room to spare for overstuffed seating, large tables, and looming bookshelves.

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  • Health problems associated with severe insomnia are more than significant, with mortality rates looming in studies conducted by Penn State College of Medicine and the California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco, respectively.

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  • Like most of the other early films, this release featured Godzilla as a looming and catastrophic threat to Japan.

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  • Maybe it was his looming death, or maybe it was the energy from her cool touch that calmed him from the inside out, but he wondered what life would've been like had his family survived.

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  • In 1876, when the Eastern question was looming large, he visited Servia and Turkey, and his subsequent speeches on the subject were marked by studious moderation, distasteful to extremists on both sides.

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