How to Use loom in a Sentence

loom

1 of 2 noun
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  • The painting obeys the right-angled grid of the loom’s warp and weft.
    — New York Times, 26 Nov. 2021
  • The best part: creating the loom is a craft project in itself!
    — Corinne Sullivan, Good Housekeeping, 11 Nov. 2022
  • More of those curveballs Neville talked about loom on the horizon.
    — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Dec. 2023
  • And the ways in which the passage of time and the loom of death can draw mothers and daughters closer.
    — Erik Morse, Vogue, 17 Mar. 2022
  • But, even here, death was back in the attic; the couch was gone, and no one could tell us what happened to the loom.
    — Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2023
  • About a half mile in, first peeks at the destination loom on the horizon.
    — Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 28 Jan. 2023
  • The goal: Recruit enough people to push yourself to the center of the board, or blessing loom.
    — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 28 July 2023
  • Big questions about the direction of the franchise loom.
    — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 2 Dec. 2021
  • It would be programmed by punch cards, like the industrial looms of the time.
    — Charlie Fink, Forbes, 17 Feb. 2024
  • More firing and less hiring seems to be the mantra for 2023 as fears of recession loom.
    — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Paper cuts are a bigger risk these days than losing an arm in a loom.
    — Andy Kessler, WSJ, 13 Nov. 2022
  • Democrats are split on Israel and the race for Feinstein’s Senate seat, as 2024 looms.
    — Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Iowa’s first-in-the-nation caucuses on Jan. 15 loom as the best chance to change the race’s frozen trajectory.
    — Time, 21 Aug. 2023
  • When the phone first rang and Oregon expressed interest, how large did that return to the Peach State loom?
    — Bill Oram, oregonlive, 30 Aug. 2022
  • After a winding and beaming process, the yarn was transformed into fabric in the loom.
    — Sameer Yasir, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2022
  • Stephen Page was working on a RidgedHeddle loom (also known as slots and holes).
    — Sam Boyer, cleveland, 8 Nov. 2021
  • Treadles, or foot levers, made their debut in the Middle Ages to power looms and spinning wheels.
    — Bill Gourgey, Popular Science, 25 Apr. 2023
  • In Argos, in our house, far from her country, Working the loom and visiting my bed.
    — Sarah Ruden, National Review, 31 Mar. 2022
  • As the June 22 draft and June 30 start to free agency loom, many expect major shifts and roster-building changes throughout the league.
    — Callie Caplan, Dallas News, 20 June 2023
  • Lastly, Trump’s presence — or lack thereof — looms over the debate process.
    — Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The loom is now available through LikeMindedObjects for $200.
    — Sarah Spellings, Vogue, 3 Feb. 2022
  • The two shawarma options loom among gleaming steel equipment.
    — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2023
  • Fears of a recession loom, but more voters now see the economy as at least holding steady than did so in June.
    — Anthony Salvanto, Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2022
  • Light poles 100 feet tall loom above the remaining cottonwoods.
    — azcentral, 15 Apr. 2021
  • That lays a creaky foundation for the movie’s third-act shift to New York, where a twisty, painful but necessary reckoning with Miko looms.
    — Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The question of what the Höss family knows—and to what extent they can be held responsible—looms over The Zone of Interest.
    — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The two points of view make the book a kind of loom worked between Kellen and Nettle, a warp and weft intersecting to bring a richer image into view.
    — Amal El-Mohtar, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2023
  • And as a possible default looms, Democrats and Republicans still can't agree on how to raise the debt ceiling.
    — Ella Lee, USA TODAY, 6 May 2023
  • They are made on a large loom from torn lengths of fabric, with smaller scraps hand-knotted to create a colorful plush pile.
    — Deborah Needleman, Travel + Leisure, 16 Mar. 2023
  • As May 1 looms, Americans face a complicated moral choice: Whether to mow their lawns.
    — James R. Hagerty, wsj.com, 28 Apr. 2023
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loom

2 of 2 verb
  • The mountains loom above the valley.
  • Storm clouds loomed on the horizon.
  • Which makes Ertz’s return to the team loom even larger.
    — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 21 June 2023
  • But the biggest question that looms over all of those images is still up in the air.
    — Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Apr. 2024
  • By the end of this episode, his trial continues to loom.
    — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2024
  • Shetty as the Big Bad of the season is no longer the looming conflict for Marie and her friends.
    — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 27 Oct. 2023
  • The days are shorter, the skies are drearier, and winter looms ahead.
    — WIRED, 21 Oct. 2023
  • Everybody is struggling in some way, and all the while, the wildfire looms.
    — Kayla Maiuri, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2024
  • The Cougars and Beavers want a legally binding plan to handle the looming damages.
    — Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Dec. 2023
  • On the right, the mushroom cloud of a bomb looms over swirls of factory smoke, the scene a motley milieu of muddied grays and browns.
    — Angelica Aboulhosn, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Nov. 2023
  • But she is soon interrupted by the looming specter of death.
    — Alex Jhamb Burns, Vogue, 22 Sep. 2023
  • The audience looms on three sides of their enclosure; on the fourth is the ominous black wall of a two-way mirror.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 3 Feb. 2024
  • As hikers head south on the second half of the loop, keep an eye out for the nearly 2,900-foot Mount Woodson looming ahead.
    — Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Feb. 2024
  • The threat of removal has been looming over McCarthy ever since.
    — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 12 Sep. 2023
  • So the fate of Samuels Public Library remains up in the air as the September deadline looms.
    — Gregory S. Schneider, Anchorage Daily News, 26 July 2023
  • Mejia said that may be too late for him as scholarship deadlines loom.
    — Hannah Poukish, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2024
  • On Friday evening, as dark storm clouds loomed, more than 200 passengers boarded the Harriott II for the first time since the fight.
    — Rachel Hatzipanagos, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2023
  • Of course, risks still loom, and economists say a recession can’t be ruled out.
    — Stan Choe, Fortune, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Panic has grown in the city ahead of a looming Israeli ground offensive.
    — Jeremy Diamond, CNN, 16 Feb. 2024
  • But no one counted them out as a looming threat to the more obvious contenders.
    — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2024
  • But a legal deadline to come up with a more equitable social compact, at least in the eyes of the Supreme Court, now looms at the end of March.
    — Mick Krever, CNN, 8 Mar. 2024
  • The dispute looms over the court’s term next month, when a number of high-profile cases are expected to be heard.
    — Eden Villalovas, Washington Examiner, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Key battles still loom; the justice minister, Yariv Levin, has vowed to press on with more judicial changes by the end of the year.
    — Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 25 July 2023
  • Still, some critics say the outgoing Lopez Obrador’s shadow looms over the contest.
    — Rafael Romo, CNN, 4 Oct. 2023
  • But with the extension deadline looming, the Warriors have to place their bet this summer.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2024
  • But even with that bit of movie magic, Jacob always sorta looms over her.
    — Keaton Bell, Vogue, 3 Nov. 2023
  • And lowering the draft age alone will not resolve Ukraine’s looming need for soldiers.
    — Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2024
  • The bitcoin price, which has rebounded from its 2022 price crash, surged as traders bet on a looming supply shock.
    — Billy Bambrough, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
  • With each looming deadline, the stakes grow higher and the politics more winding.
    — Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The Quasar stage, named for the highly luminous objects at the center of galaxies, looms just left of the iconic Ferris Wheel.
    — Spin Staff, SPIN, 15 Apr. 2024

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