towering above
Example Sentences
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Christmas trees, some towering above 14 feet, are stacked in green heaps against stands draped in fairy lights that stretch out across the concrete.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 21, 2023
Joshua was a talented footballer in his youth, playing a year above his age-group but still towering above his team-mates as a speedy centre-forward for Garston Boys, his local junior team in Watford.
From BBC • Aug. 10, 2023
So when she saw her mother’s graduation surprise to her — 14 feet high and 48 feet across, towering above bustling Route 130 outside her hometown of Camden, New Jersey — Smalls was shocked.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 2, 2022
It’s these enormous buildings built right on the edge of the water towering above you in a boat, and these giant bridges and ships and ferries running up and down.
From New York Times • Jul. 23, 2021
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
