Clouds loomed overhead, with brilliant blue cracks sometimes opening among them, and the only sound was the twittering of swallows as they swept to and fro over the wheat stubble.

A mysterious mechanical device looms overhead.

Fortunately, the declaratory-judgment procedure allows the alleged infringer to proactively bring suit to resolve the situation and eliminate the cloud of uncertainty looming overhead.

The investors were struggling to make the mortgage payments and bankruptcy loomed overhead.