Towering

Quick meaning: Towering is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of tower.

Meaning

present participle and gerund of tower.

More Meanings

1. Very tall or high and dwarfing anything around it.
2. The act or condition of being high above others.

Example Sentences

She is a towering girl with a husky baritone voice and a friendly and flamboyant style.

Gaiety seldom fails to give some pain; the hearers either strain their faculties to accompany its towerings, or are left behind in envy or despair.

But I am an old hawk at the sport; and wrote her such a cool, deliberate, prudent reply, as brought my bird from the aerial towerings, pop down at my foot like Corporal Trim's hat.

And it was not until Ryan Shawcross's towering header was cleared off the line by Danny Murphy on the stroke of half-time that Stoke started to crank up the pressure and suggest they were capable of getting back into the match.

Word Forms

• towerings

Synonyms for towering

Depending on context, synonyms include eminent, lofty, high, soaring.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include high, lofty, eminent, soaring, tall, large.

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