tower
noun
a building or structure high in proportion to its lateral dimensions, either isolated or forming part of a building.
are towering
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present progressiveof tower.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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The machines that capture these collisions are towering constructions, stacks of detectors and instruments arranged in concentric rings, all of it connected with thousands of wires.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 22, 2023
At the trail’s terminus are towering cliffs from which we look down at ocean swells crashing against the rocky shoreline.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 13, 2022
Compounding the crisis are towering piles of Styrofoam boxes on the streets since February.
From Reuters ● Apr. 29, 2022
Houston and his wife, Bobbie, are towering figures in Australia.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 29, 2022
The heavenly city was destroyed, now it is rebuilt; it was razed to the ground, but now its walls and pinnacles have been restored, and are towering aloft in their renewed and glorious beauty.
From Paris Talks by `Abdu'l-Bahá
