towering
Example Sentences
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The 35-year-old sculptor's studio brims with cogs, chains, hubcaps and engine parts as his hulking creations -- a lion with a mane of twisted steel, a giant Tyrannosaurus rex and a towering Optimus Prime -- take shape.
From Barron's
But south of the tunnel, Highway 1 still parallels a stretch of towering cliffs overlooking a sheltered cove.
From Los Angeles Times
The castle was surrounded by towering walls with closed gates, and soldiers guarding those gates with spears and bows and arrows.
From Literature
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“Unmanned Drone” — a towering testament to the power of transmogrification — commands a room of its own at the Brick, which co-presented the “Monuments” exhibition in October.
From Los Angeles Times
Paxton described there being a vast imbalance of strength between Martin and the dogs' "towering power".
From BBC
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