The Shield loomed closer, yet he was not rowing toward it.

Her eyes dipped to his mouth as he loomed closer.

His face loomed closer, and Marianne knew that he was going to kiss her.

Behind it, looming closer and closer, was the far wall.

But as the think loomed closer, he saw the markings on its tower.

His specter seemed to loom closer in the outside dark.

The little boy looked up, puzzled, and his father loomed closer.

Up ahead, he could see the crash site looming closer.

The broken dome loomed closer now, and his heart lifted with every step.

Jan saw it now, cut into the solid rock, as the dark mouth loomed closer.