- present participle of tower.
towering
Example Sentences
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The 'trees that hit the moon' are more than towering natural monuments.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
Hail is most common in summer months as it needs to develop inside towering cumulonimbus clouds, which are often spawned by intense heat at ground level.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Hiking through Sabino Canyon beneath towering saguaro cactuses, the empty trails felt vast and lonely.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Namely the state-of-the-art, $200-million facility towering over one end of the Trojans’ practice field, with all the luxuries any football coach could ask for.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
I hustled back into the kitchen and braked a few inches before slamming into my dad towering in the middle of the room.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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