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单词 loom up
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loom up

phrasal verb
If something looms up, it comes into sight as a tall, unclear shape, often in a frightening way.
The great house loomed up ahead of them. [VERB PARTICLE]
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Examples of 'loom up' in a sentence
loom up

See how the figures loom up, are dimly seen, and then blend once more into the cloud-bank.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Here and there, specially commissioned bits of contemporary art loom up from nowhere in an effort to connect now with then.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
As we approach the harbour, a grey shape does indeed loom up from the water and swims along beside.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Yet all the time the answer has been looming up, unmissably, on the horizon.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Fifteen minutes later, something purple begins looming up before you.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Every time you go round a corner, something else looms up.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
I nearly careered off the road when a pink monstrosity with a 75ft tower loomed up in front of me on a tight bend.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
I've sometimes seen snake eyes looming up towards me, and they turn out to be a pair of car headlights.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
But this angelic mood changes instantly when the shadow of someone blundering about inside looms up against the glass.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
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