adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a towering cliff (= very high )
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the towering cliffs of Gibraltar
a towering rage (= extremely angry )
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He was in a towering rage.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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towering redwood trees
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a towering figure in Supreme Court history
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The towering Cliffs of Dover loomed in front of them.
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The building seems out of place among the towering redwood trees.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Above the Griffon Gate a towering griffon five hundred feet high seemed to leap from the mountain.
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Featuring prominently in the centre of this maelstrom was the towering figure of Richard Baxter.
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His towering , blank-eyed presence at the head of the table drew the savour from the good food she cooked.
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I have no doubt excluded towering figures who ought to have been included, and included some less important.
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Its borders encompass vast forests, towering mountains, and many miles of wilderness as well as cities, farmlands, and bountiful rivers.
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The beach here is spectacular, curving gently round the bay under a towering , wild headland.
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The one they stood at was made of heavy chain-link, stretched between towering concrete posts that were spaced fifteen metres apart.
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The selectors, though, clearly consider that they could still have need of the towering mass of Dooley's physical presence.