- present participle of tower.
towering
Example Sentences
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One house can’t have a wall higher than 42 inches due to city rules, while another sits behind a towering hedge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
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
They found Homer, but it took weeks to uncover Langley, who had been crushed beneath one of his own towering piles.
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026
At length we saw the numerous steeples of London, St. Paul’s towering above all, and the Tower famed in English history.
From "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley
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