sky-scraping
Example Sentences
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A lone oak tree painted by Lorenz Frolich is a sky-scraping, wind-leaning colossus.
From New York Times • Mar. 23, 2023
He earned second-team All-Pro honors last season and received sky-scraping marks from analytics site Pro Football Focus.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 2, 2023
Unlike many sky-scraping teenagers, Wembanyama doesn’t look like he’s trying to regain control of his body after a disorienting growth spurt.
From Washington Post • Oct. 5, 2022
As Trump looks ahead to his reelection bid, the president enjoys a vise grip on the GOP and its machinery, as well as overwhelming support among Republican voters, with a sky-scraping 90% approval rating.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2019
You took lots of beating, my sky-scraping friend, But Benjamin Baker has compassed that end; I am sure Monsieur Eiffel himself would allow That the Bridge licks the Tower; so where are you now?
From Punch, or, the London Charivari, Volume 98, March 8, 1890. by Various
