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Discover LudwigThe phrase 'looms like a' is correct and usable in written English
It is often used to describe something that appears to be approaching or coming into view in a menacing or threatening way. Example: As the storm clouds gathered, the sky loomed like a dark and ominous curtain, signaling the impending downpour.
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Today it looms like a cemetery marker.
In the background, the Kingsbridge Armory looms like a fortress.
Graduation looms like a dark cloud on the horizon.
He looms like a bear, yet he moves without clumsiness or haste.
But to some in the publishing industry, he looms like a recurring nightmare.
A Martello tower looms like a monolith in the silvery twilight.
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Og, king of Bashan, looms like an early Darth Vader.
A distorted bureau in the background looms like an oncoming truck.
The rising cost of college looms like an insurmountable obstacle for many low-income Americans hoping to get a higher education.
And it took less than two years on the bench for Souter to be drawn into the issue that looms like an albatross over every twitch and murmur on the court: abortion.
In fact, if anything, KK100 looms like an improbably tall blade of glass over Shenzhen, a city on the border with Hong Kong that has indeed come a long way at breakneck speed.
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