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/ˈtaʊəɹɪŋ/
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ˈtaʊəɹɪŋ
Adjective
Very tall or high and dwarfing anything around it.
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So this was my future home, I thought![…]Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.
She is a towering girl with a husky baritone voice and a friendly and flamboyant style.
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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.
Noun
The act or condition of being high above others.
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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.
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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.
Adjective
of imposing height; especially standing out above others
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an eminent peak
lofty mountains
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the soaring spires of the cathedral
towering icebergs