towering
Example Sentences
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Instead of towering corporate headquarters in city centers, companies would operate from house-like suites scattered across communities.
The towering ambition of the men remaking the landscape with saws and axes, and the men, like Grainier, who were somehow pulled through that current.
From Los Angeles Times
Cook would often stand at the top of the stairs of the youth club - a towering presence at 6ft 2ins - watching the street, greeting people and calling out to anyone who lingered too long outside.
From BBC
In her studio, multiple towering sculptures are ensconced in cardboard and bubble wrap, while others — works in progress — sit on plinths, lean against walls, or hang from the ceiling.
From Los Angeles Times
But the towering former centre is now six months into a very different journey - navigating the "enjoyable chaos" of the NHS as he works towards becoming a fully qualified doctor.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.