loom large

idiom

: to have great importance or influence

Rising tuition costs loom large in the minds of many parents.

She was a critic who loomed large in literary circles.

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See where the Louisville Cardinals are ranked heading into the final stretch UofL basketball: The spirit of Skip Prosser will loom large over the Louisville vs Winthrop basketball game. —

Ray Padilla, The Courier-Journal, 13 Nov. 2024 Western red cedar, and the thick gloom of western hemlocks with their feathery branches, loom large. —

Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2024 As votes are counted in the critical presidential swing state of Arizona, two key questions loom large: How many votes are left to count, and how many of those remaining votes does Vice President Kamala Harris or former President Donald J. Trump need to win the election? —

Sahana Jayaraman, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024 Privacy issues loom large as personal data is increasingly mined for political purposes, raising questions about consent and data protection. —

Joshua Dupuy, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for loom large