1.   She was engaged in dressing a doll for the bazaar which loomed nearer and nearer.

2.   And as World War II looms ever nearer, the long relationship between Haskell and Milton reaches a crisis over a Sabbath dinner.

3.   Through unsuccessful appeals and with death looming ever nearer, the Rosenbergs unwaveringly maintained their innocence.

4.   Thick clouds of black smoke billowed over the city and the thunder of artillery loomed ever nearer.