- present participle of tower.
towering
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The opening scene of the 2023 film “Barbie” shows little girls awestruck by the bosomy totem, who appears in their desert landscape like the towering obelisk in “2001: A Space Odyssey.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026
They first went viral in 2020, and they have been a hit since, towering over yards across America in all kinds of inventive tableaux.
From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2026
Erling Haaland: Quiet in the first half but came to life in the second with a towering header to draw his side level.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
At the heart of the residence is an expansive living room featuring towering windows that showcase the lake and nearby Sierra Nevada.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
A few blocks away, the water receded rapidly, building into a massive wave —a towering wall of water and wind and rain that swallowed buildings and palm trees and electric poles as it advanced.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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