Certainly a lot more gets done with a deadline looming.

Yet, with a deadline looming, I needed a novel for the coming fall.

With the court's deadline looming, there is great pressure to reach agreement.

That deadline loomed over the event from the beginning, when it began 20 minutes late.

The statute has another 18 months to run, but a more immediate deadline is looming.

Last, but never least, I must thank my husband and children who always pick up the slack when the deadline looms.

With deadlines looming, engineers went back to the drawing board.

But a deadline looms that could throw the talks off track.

Even weekends have no particular texture if a deadline looms.

With no particular deadline looming, the coalition talks could drag on for weeks.