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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a shadow of doom" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to convey a sense of impending danger or negativity that looms over a situation or person.
Example: "As the storm clouds gathered, a shadow of doom fell over the village, leaving the residents anxious about the coming tempest."
Alternatives: "an omen of despair" or "a harbinger of doom."
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It helps from a dramatic point of view, of course, that a shadow of doom and futility hovers over the action and dialogue.
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Los Angeles has lived under the shadow of doom for a long time.
It has started compelling us to devote our energies to rearmament, our leisure to drilling, our income to taxes; it has cast over our lives the shadow of doom.
'Some people think crystal skulls are of alien origin,' he continues, pointing to a photograph taken through the Skull of Doom, which appears to show a shadow of a 1950s-style flying saucer through the middle of it.
A shadow of a shadow.
It is a shadow of itself.
"Without a shadow of a doubt.
Without a shadow of doubt.
If science manages to unambiguously identify the agent of an illness, as happened with the AIDS virus, the shadow of impending doom is dispelled by the light of knowledge, and the medical research establishment marches off to deal with it.
We live under the shadow of ecological doom and the violent shuddering of an openly larcenous economy.
We live in the shadow of ecological doom and the violent shuddering of an openly larcenous economy.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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