towered

/ (ˈtaʊəd) /

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adjective

having a tower or towers
(in combination)four-towered; high-towered

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How to use towered in a sentence

A burly Belgian, strapped with grenades and ammunition, towered above them.
‘Argo’ in the Congo: The Ghosts of the Stanleyville Hostage Crisis|Nina Strochlic|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I was sitting so low, even the permafrost-stunted spruce trees towered over me.
Visiting the Arctic Circle…Before It’s Irreversibly Changed|Terry Greene Sterling|April 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Richards, who towered over his Dennehy when he appeared in court alongside her Monday, denies all charges.
Female British Serial Killer Shocks Lawyer, Pleads Guilty|Tom Sykes|November 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The film played on a dozen or so boxed-in screens that towered over the Park Avenue Armory audience.
Nothing New Under the Sun|Justin Jones|October 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST

He was a tall boy anyway, but the extra year made it so that he towered over his new classmates.
He Was My Favorite Student, and They Say He Killed a Baby|Brandy Zadrozny|September 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST
He towered grimly above her, shaking a threatening finger in her very face.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini
He saw her against the background of the hills, whose following mass towered menacingly above her little outline.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
Behind her towered high and mighty mountains, before her lay a sea of moon-swept valley.
The Adventure Girls at K Bar O|Clair Blank
One last effort—and he was out of the forest; the jagged summit still towered above him, but he could look forth—on what a view!
God Wills It!|William Stearns Davis
Many of them towered a hundred feet with scarcely a limb to mar the wand-like symmetry of the six-foot boles.
A Virginia Scout|Hugh Pendexter

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