How to Use towering in a Sentence

towering

adjective
  • He flew into a towering rage.
  • Workers had to cut out part of the wall to get the towering screen inside.
    — Cortlynn Stark, kansascity, 11 July 2018
  • His towering presence will be missed but his legacy will live on with us all.
    — NBC News, 17 Oct. 2019
  • Past years have seen a pirate ship, complete with a towering mast.
    — David Lyman, Cincinnati.com, 7 July 2017
  • For some years, the school still had towering stacks of unsold yearbooks.
    — Lauren Caruba, San Antonio Express-News, 11 July 2018
  • The Riles team holds their towering, four-foot-tall first place ribs trophy.
    — Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 July 2026
  • There are many reasons some people can’t seem to get a grip on the towering piles of things in their life.
    — Jura Koncius, The Seattle Times, 8 Oct. 2018
  • His towering life was overshadowed only by the myth that emerged with his death.
    — Nicholas Casey, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2017
  • While some ferns are compact, others have a massive spread and towering heights.
    — Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Light pours through a towering floor-to- ceiling window, bringing out the green in her eyes.
    — Lesley M.m. Blume, Town & Country, 17 Nov. 2015
  • After the flower dies, the plant will grown a single massive leaf on a towering stalk.
    — Bruce Henderson, charlotteobserver, 18 Apr. 2018
  • Ex-Cal star Jaylen Brown has been a towering presence for weeks.
    — Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 May 2018
  • Now a sleek, towering glass shower and Jacuzzi bathtub sit on white, swirly marble tile.
    — Zahria Rogers, The Courier-Journal, 21 June 2018
  • The song proved to be a towering achievement of psychedelic rock at a time when the genre was taking off.
    — cleveland, 4 Mar. 2020
  • The towering figure of Courtois in net would likely be enough to prevent the goals on his own.
    — SI.com, 27 June 2019
  • Einstein is one of the most towering figures in not only the history of physics, but in all of science.
    — Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 13 Aug. 2025
  • The women glittered in sequins and wore towering stilettos, looming over the men.
    — The Economist, 28 Jan. 2020
  • The towering trees — a mix of beeches and elms — that surround the home provide cover from brutal summer days.
    — John-John Williams Iv, baltimoresun.com, 9 Sep. 2019
  • Use it to capture the single, towering, bright-yellow oak tree, for example.
    — Mike De Sisti, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • This towering, golden pie balances sweet and savory with sharp cheddar in the pastry and topping.
    — Staff Author, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Most notable is the twisting, aged steel staircase in the foyer, that draws the eye up to the full height of the towering, double-floor space.
    — Juliet Izon, Architectural Digest, 13 May 2026
  • The valley is also renowned for its ancient forest, with many of the towering trees more than 200 years old.
    — National Geographic, 18 Apr. 2019
  • Bamiyan is one of the most beautiful provinces of Afghanistan, covered with towering mountains and lush green fields.
    — Suleiman Amanzad, WSJ, 6 Mar. 2019
  • Mike Zunino led off the second with his 12th homer of the season — a towering solo drive to left.
    — Ryan Divish, The Seattle Times, 5 July 2017
  • Voodoo remains a towering achievement.
    — Touré, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Footage filmed by Doulaye Bonkano showed the towering wall of sand overtaking the city of Niamey.
    — Fox News, 6 May 2020
  • The towering legacy of Star Wars is also the franchise's greatest curse.
    — Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 29 May 2018
  • Cadets climb towering masts, work the rigging by hand and train high above the deck while learning the fundamentals of seamanship.
    — Sarah Alegre, FOXNews.com, 31 May 2026
  • The trail rose fairly easily, a 625-foot change, along the towering mountains.
    — Dallas News, 23 Mar. 2020
  • This has, of course, added up to a towering 3-1 lead in the NBA Finals.
    — Kyle Wagner, New York Daily News, 11 June 2026

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