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Meanings of loom (looms) in inglês

português
erguer-se
catalão
encastellar-se

Appear very large or occupy a commanding position.

erguer-se
catalão
sorgir
espanhol
surgir

Hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing.

sorgir
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Examples for "brood"
Examples for "brood"
1
This year they have gone one better, with a brood of four.
The Guardian
2
Spreading a brood among several figs will have one of two consequences.
Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation
3
He decided to let her brood on it till, say, next week.
East of eden
4
With the arsenate you apply it once and kill all the brood.
Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 / Embracing the Tra...
5
The keeper opens the two center partitions to examine the brood cells.
War and Peace
1
The sea level is very high: we hover over drowned continents, probably.'
The Long Earth
2
Karl set the air car to hover they could assess the situation.
Fire Season
3
The spirits in the shape of beautiful young girls hover over us.
The Hunters of the Hills
4
He passes strange weapons that hover in midair; torchesflicker on the wall.
Wired
5
The mountains began to hover on the edge of the young world.
Gunsight Pass: How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a ...
1
The standard of value only becomes important when under settled conditions of society long-term contracts bulk large in economic transactions.
War-Time Financial Problems
2
Its commercial totals do not bulk large today, but the old trail itself was a thing titanic in its historic value.
The Passing of the Frontier: A Chronicle of the Old West
3
Bulking large at home, he was the best-known representative of Hawaii abroad.
Island Tales / On the Makaloa Mat
4
The evil in things always bulks large in our imaginations.
Preventable Diseases
5
For instance, the mountain which we chose as a landmark bulks large behind us.
Ringworld
Usage of looms in inglês
1
In Europe, Britain's fourth-quarter growth data looms large for the embattled pound.
Reuters
2
Ten years on from the last financial crisis, recession looms once more.
The Irish Times
3
A tough vote on the proposal looms in the house next week.
The Irish Times
4
Traditional technology looms large for luxury companies Suits you: Tailoring in 1956.
BBC
5
But the experience of political gridlock in the United States looms large.
Reuters
6
Across the river, the first of three South African border posts looms.
The South African
7
As the city looms ahead, the sun blasts through the morning smog.
BBC
8
The battle of the left looms in the Dublin South West byelection.
The Irish Times
9
Now that one post-crisis litmus test has come and gone, another looms.
Reuters
10
Above all looms the all-powerful, highly centralised and bloated government in Paris.
The Irish Times
11
Another, separate bust-up looms over funding the EU's first post-Brexit budget shortfall.
The Guardian
12
Security pours into Cleveland as Republican convention looms Read more Who's coming?
The Guardian
13
But funding will be hard while an existing debt restructuring looms large.
Reuters
14
God blesses the soil with fertility; English looms labour for every climate.
Sydney Smith
15
The issue looms over everything, adding to the feeling of being invisible.
The Guardian
16
UK's politicians race to the bottom on policies The 2015 election looms.
Reuters
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