looming

[US]/'lʊmɪŋ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. uchunguzi wa mirage katika usiku; uchunguzi wa kitu kubwa na si ya kusimamia; uchunguzi wa kitu kubwa na si ya kusimamia
adj. kuvutia na si ya kusimamia; kuvutia na si ya kusimamia; kuvutia na si ya kusimamia
v. kuvutia; kuvutia na si ya kusimamia.
Word Forms
Present Participlelooming

Phrases & Collocations

looming deadline

mipango ya kushindwa

looming threat

mipango ya kushindwa

Example Sentences

The foothills were looming ahead through the haze.

Mavu ya miguu yalikuwa yanazing'atia mbele kwa miguu ya mauti.

With the local elections looming large, the Conservative party is beginning to look nervous.

Na chaguzi za mji zilizokua kubeba, chama cha Mwambao hujibidi kuzing'atia kuvutia.

I know from my own experience in France that with the end of your career looming, older players can sometimes overachieve, have a last hurrah and briefly roll back the years.

Natafanyia kujua kwa mafanikio yangu ya mengine katika Ufaransa kwamba na mchezo wa kujenga kwa mchezo wako, wafanyama wazidi wanaoverachieve, wanafurahia hurrah ya mwisho na kushambua muda mrefu.

Real-world Examples

The latest unperson in the latest looming scandal.

Mwenzesi mpya katika mshindi mpya wa kipato kipya.

Source: Homeland Season 5

Everybody could feel there was a disaster looming.

Wote walifikia uwekwa wa kipato kipya.

Source: Biography of Famous Historical Figures

Usually, with the games looming, there are concerns about readiness.

Kwa kasi, na michezo yana kipato kipya, kuna mshwari kuhusu uwekaji.

Source: CNN 10 Student English December 2017 Collection

My wife and I lectured about this looming danger twenty years ago.

Nimekumbua na mke yangu kuhusu kipato kipya hiki iliyopita miaka mbili.

Source: Past exam papers of the English reading section for the postgraduate entrance examination (English I).

The fact that death is looming is what makes life so special.

Fakta ya kifo kipya kipya inaongea kwa mizani kwa mizani.

Source: Asap SCIENCE Selection

Out on the graceful avenues and boulevards of Paris, a battle has been looming.

Katika miji ya Paris, kwa mizani na miji, kipato kipya kipya kwa mizani.

Source: CNN 10 Student English October 2021 Collection

Starts with an L. - Oh, looming.

Hujua na L. - Oh, kipato kipya.

Source: Go blank axis version

" So many troubles looming ahead, " he thought.

Kwa mizani kwa mizani kwa mizani, aliongeza.

Source: The meaning of solitude.

In northwestern Iraq, a battle is looming.

Katika miji ya Iraq ya miguu, kipato kipya kipya.

Source: CNN Selected November 2015 Collection

While there is optimism, there are looming concerns.

Kwa kasi, kuna uwekaji, kuna mshwari kwa mizani.

Source: VOA Standard English_Americas

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