Sentence examples for it loomed above from inspiring English sources

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It gradually grew and by the time we were alongside the quay it loomed above us, a jagged, sheer-walled monolith of black-gray rock, crusty orange lichen and bright green grasses exploding upward out of the sea.

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He milks it, looming above the mob like a demagogue and then stalking among the crowd, flourishing Caesar's will and unmercifully teasing the assemblage with its contents, voice rising to a crazed bellow.

The reigning king of Amerasian cinema, Mr. Tarantino has lent his name to "Hero" (it looms above the title), a bit of commercial calculation no doubt meant to seduce the director's fans, some of whom have probably already watched the 2002 movie on imported DVD's.

It was the East African sky that first captured my imagination and has stayed with me more than 10 years later and in Britton's photographs it looms above the smiles of the kids, busy at work or play, in their impeccable uniforms.

Looming above, the horizontal slab raises awareness of the equilibrium of the present and what it will take should the city's equilibrium be disturbed.

The other Earth that hovers and sometimes looms above Rhoda like a promise may be the stuff of science fiction.

Fathers loomed above it all, high trees".

If you approach it from the winding streets of the old city, it suddenly looms above you, a heavenly apparition in pure white Gothic stonework.

It's all his music: not just the songs, but the bandleading, the lyrics, the actorly shrugging and scowling and thanking and boasting and self-negating, his articulated praise for his audience and expert use of his forehead — banging the microphone against it, looming it above the audience like a consternated prow.

It also looms above the red cursive Pepsi sign that's a familiar sight from Manhattan's East Side — and yet another symbol of the area's industrial past.

The sky was a blue so pale that it was almost no color; wooded bluffs loomed above them, beyond the industrial estate, marking the edge of the city.

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