Example sentences for: towering

How can you use “towering” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • But he does not come near conveying that, in the whole of Western drama, there is no precedent for the style and texture of these quietly towering plays.

  • At the top of the hill, on the right, you’ll find the towering walls of Fuerte San Cristóbal, the largest fort in Puerto Rico.

  • There are the towering achievements of both--the public buildings, the tragedies--and the unexpected delights on a smaller scale.

  • The sublime silhouette of Chartres Cathedral, inaugurated around 1200, is visible from far away, towering above the old town and the surrounding plain.

  • On one hand, she's a benevolent industrialist who presides over a warmly matriarchal society; on the other, she wants to destroy the forest, harness its resources, and exterminate its animal deities--chiefly the Spirit of the Forest, a magnificent deer god whose touch brings instant life or death, and who transforms at dusk into the towering Night Walker.


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