Sentence examples for looming backdrop from inspiring English sources

It is surrounded only by small bungalows, and the majestic Twelve Apostles mountains are its looming backdrop.

Even this venerable competition, which has been so good to Arsenal, could not obscure the looming backdrop of tomorrow night and the fans here failed to raise any enthusiasm for Saturday's events.

Despite the looming backdrop of potential bankruptcy and widespread corruption, one of the most striking aspects of contemporary Greece is the number of illegal immigrants walking through its streets.

Looming skyscraper backdrops are constantly scrolling into the wings, with the neo-Classical bank buildings of Wall Street neatly evoking antiquity.

On a jam-packed and cozy Court 13, with Arthur Ashe Stadium looming large as a backdrop, Lleyton Hewitt appeared to a warm early-afternoon ovation before his four-set victory over Tobias Kamke of Germany.

The recruitment has taken place in the shadow of a series of politically volatile disputes over the number and safety of firefighters at ground zero, and against a backdrop of looming federal welfare time limits.

Against a backdrop of looming college admissions, SAT prep classes and AP studies, plus stacks of homework best measured in miles not feet, the coaches realized that there wasn't room for One.

During college, jihad loomed in the backdrop of Qadhi's life.

The white crown of 24,760-foot-high Muztagata loomed as the backdrop.

Behind the set loomed a white backdrop that flickered with images of Moscow's onion-domed skyline.

Tiny cameras, including one that Ms. Monk has said she occasionally held in her mouth, made small details loom on the backdrop.