tower over
Example Sentences
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Ever since Wembanyama was a teenager in France, he was tabbed as a prospect who would tower over the future of basketball.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 21, 2025
Today’s glass and steel tower over the bones of what was once the grande dame of colonial luxury, the Hong Kong Hotel.
From Salon • Jul. 12, 2025
A video taken from the dashcam of a vehicle posted on YouTube shows the people who may have pulled the tower over.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2024
Land plants cover the surface of our planet and often tower over us.
From Science Daily • May 3, 2024
There are no clouds and the mountains, McKinley on the right, tower over us in dazzling white enormity, filling the sky while the sun warms our backs and the dogs settle into running.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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