towering

Example Sentences

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Hudson was originally placed in the back row but swapped places with Sirât director Oliver Laxe after organisers realised he was towering over everyone else.

From BBC

Photos shared by the department show a silvery gray fox bounding majestically across a white snowy plain beneath towering, sunlit alpine peaks.

From Los Angeles Times

Baldy, the towering peak that looms over Southern California and has lured many inexperienced and under-equipped hikers to their deaths, will be closed for the next two weeks.

From Los Angeles Times

But there was no way the towering Newcastle United forward - all 6ft 6in of him - was going to slip out of the stadium unnoticed.

From BBC

At dawn and sunset, Ananda, 63, climbs towering Caryota urens trees to collect the sweet, milky sap that is boiled into treacle -- a caramel-coloured syrup with a pleasant aroma that enhances the flavour of desserts.

From Barron's