- present tense form of tower (3rd person singular).
towers
Example Sentences
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The mayor said the documents reveal asbestos was found "nearly everywhere" they tested near Ground Zero, the site where the World Trade Center towers collapsed in 2001.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
The neighborhood where the museum is located — once a well-appointed Nile-side quarter of luxury hotels, architecturally adventurous towers and botanical gardens — became a prime target for the RSF.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
In the evening, two beams of light will project skyward from lower Manhattan, symbolic of the towers.
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
On 9/11 my 14-year-old son was in his second day at a new school just across the East River from the towers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
From the crest of the hill we saw it, like a vast scar on the green German landscape; a city of low gray barracks surrounded by concrete walls on which guard towers rose at intervals.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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