tower over
Example Sentences
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Ever since Wembanyama was a teenager in France, he was tabbed as a prospect who would tower over the future of basketball.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 21, 2025
Today’s glass and steel tower over the bones of what was once the grande dame of colonial luxury, the Hong Kong Hotel.
From Salon • Jul. 12, 2025
The highest risk in San Luis Obispo County is near Cambria and other communities downslope of the Santa Lucia Range, the mountains that tower over the coast.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2025
Land plants cover the surface of our planet and often tower over us.
From Science Daily • May 3, 2024
Her feet are free of the three-inch heels she’d worn as soon as the religious part of the wedding was over, causing her to tower over almost everyone.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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