tower
noun
a building or structure high in proportion to its lateral dimensions, either isolated or forming part of a building.
has towered
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present perfectof tower (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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We meet under a winter sun by the stone walls of a castle, which has towered over Gaziantep since the Byzantine era.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2025
Netanyahu has towered over Israeli politics since he became the youngest prime minister in 1996 at age 46.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025
Iron Gate Dam has towered above the river since it was completed in 1962.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2024
Ever since it opened in 1933, a 70-story limestone skyscraper has towered over mid-Manhattan as a symbol of global capitalism and of a prolific American family that remains synonymous with prodigious wealth.
From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2014
Thrice it has towered up in a great system: through Philo in the classical, through Maimonides in the mediæval, through Spinoza in the modern world.
From Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria by Norman Bentwich
