How to Use tower in a Sentence

tower

1 of 2 noun

• The old stone tower gleams white in the sun as the sirens rise from the street.
  — Peter Ross, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Apr. 2023
• The crowd was so large that the cell towers were overloaded.
  — Alex Thomas, The New Republic, 7 Apr. 2023
• All of these grand mountains tower over the Himalayas, the highest place in the world.
  — Rahul Rao, Popular Science, 6 July 2023
• For reference, my house is about 24 miles from the towers.
  — Jim Rossman, Dallas News, 9 Apr. 2023
• The miracle happened: The monkey returned the baby and the light at the top of the tower has been burning since.
  — Chiara Barzini, Vogue, 28 Nov. 2023
• So rather than suffer in the heat, consider picking up a tower fan that will do the trick.
  — Amy Schulman, Peoplemag, 19 July 2023
• The project’s first phase includes the medical school and a research tower.
  — Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 15 Apr. 2024
• Bullet holes and rocket impacts could still be seen on the walls of the base’s shelters, the pavement and watch tower.
  — Greg Palkot, Fox News, 13 Dec. 2023
• The wrecking started last November, when crane crews pushed over the first prison tower, and is now 90% done.
  — Tony Semerad, The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 Aug. 2023
• Trees tower over homes organized in neat blocks on either side of a sleepy main street.
  — Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Feb. 2024
• For moms who love chocolate, this Compartes chocolate gift tower does the trick.
  — redbookmag.com, 12 May 2023
• The Move is a substantial thing that weighs over 6.6 pounds and towers almost 10 inches tall.
  — Brandon Widder, The Verge, 18 Oct. 2023
• With ornate window displays and high towers, the busy street comes to life and gives you a taste of the buzz that makes NYC so addicting.
  — Kyler Alvord, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 July 2023
• In 2021 Evergrande was among the first, and the most prominent, to default on a tower of unpaid bills.
  — Alexandra Stevenson, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2023
• The tower was built for about $8 million, the equivalent of over $36 million today.
  — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 13 Mar. 2023
• After the two planes hit the New York City towers, the third of what would be four planes involved in the attacks hit the Pentagon later in the same morning.
  — Haisten Willis, Washington Examiner, 28 Aug. 2023
• Since the start of the war, mobile and internet providers’ offices, cables, and cell towers have been destroyed.
  — WIRED, 7 Nov. 2023
• When 100 years are up, the site will revert back to the city, with the exception of the air space above the podium, hotel and condo towers included.
  — Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2024
• And in front of a rapt audience, whether sitting in the orchestra or in the second-to-last row, their talent towers.
  — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 28 Nov. 2023
• In its place stands the futuristic, six-story glass tower that can house 19 cars.
  — Natallie Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2024
• Then again, there was nothing uptown, except for some mighty big office towers and a stray bar here and there.
  — Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2024
• After the trauma of 9/11, pundits once again declared the age of the skyscraper over, but in the last two decades towers around the world have only gotten bigger.
  — Michael Snyder, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Oct. 2023
• Other highlights of the tower include a private pool, a spa, a fitness club, a chef’s table, and a private valet.
  — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 26 May 2023
• The control tower contacted the pilot, 21-year-old Taylor Hash, to tell her what was going on.
  — Catherine Garcia, The Week, 6 Apr. 2023
• The towers, which will be anchored to the seabed with cables, will be obscured from the beach by fog, weather patterns and the curvature of the Earth, supporters say.
  — Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 25 Jan. 2024
• Teams initially had hoped to see the rocket's engines ignite, then see the vehicle clear the tower.
  — Emre Kelly, USA TODAY, 20 Apr. 2023
• Sarge dwells in the museum's tower, while his wife, Lena Kaufman, can be seen in the mirror of a women's bathroom, Howell said.
  — Amir Mahmoud, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2023
• In late 2016, two peregrine falcons were spotted on the Berkeley campus, and in the following months a makeshift nest was found on top of a sandbag on the clock tower.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2023
• Their plan is to complete that purchase by May, and then relocate office tenants from the half-full tower.
  — Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel, 13 Apr. 2023
• The mayor grew up in a building so decrepit — filthy hallways, no private toilets, no showers — that his friends in nearby concrete towers pitied him.
  — Catherine Porter, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2024

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tower

2 of 2 verb

• The result: a towering, canopied staging area built on the beach that took a week to erect and a week to take down.
  — Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2023
• In the pic, the basketball player towered over the quarterback and his son.
  — Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 26 Nov. 2023
• Together, the bride and groom sliced towering six-tier cake with a sword!
  — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 13 Mar. 2023
• After this tense face-off, the bear — who towers over the small pig — backs down, sits for a while, and then runs away from its small but mighty challenger.
  — Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 28 June 2023
• Then the flames appeared, sweeping across a forest of towering pines and oaks.
  — Emiliano Rodríguez Mega César Rodríguez, New York Times, 28 Nov. 2023
• The centerpiece is an inviting bar, backed by a towering nine shelves of liquor.
  — Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2024
• To be classified as a seamount, the summits must tower at least 3,300 above the surrounding seafloor.
  — Mark Price, Miami Herald, 15 Feb. 2024
• The windows are covered with plywood and the yard is a towering tangle of yellow grass and weeds.
  — Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2023
• The video opens with archival footage as Richard runs towards the camera in a slick monochromatic suit and towering heels.
  — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2023
• The owner of two towering hotels, including a Hilton, did the same.
  — Anne D'innocenzio, Fortune, 16 July 2023
• For that last one, the narrow-gauge train puts you within easy reach of the towering Krimml Waterfalls.
  — Anne Olivia Bauso, Travel + Leisure, 9 Mar. 2024
• The two dams that towered over the city had been built with the help of engineers from the former Yugoslavia, according to experts.
  — James Glanz, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2023
• The unique footwear included geometric lining down the front and on the feet, as well as towering clear PVC heels.
  — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 31 Aug. 2023
• The towering argument against war is the US’s stance of supporting Guyana.
  — Elias Ferrer Breda, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
• The last two photos featured a solo shot of Sam and a volcano towering in the distance across a body of water.
  — Michael Lee Simpson, Peoplemag, 8 Sep. 2023
• Brady was spotted on the observation deck of the new lighthouse, towering over the north end of the stadium.
  — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2023
• The 22-year-old hit a towering fly on the first pitch of the at-bat, a hanging cutter from reliever Huascar Brazobán.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 15 July 2023
• The piece featured a high neckline and a thigh-high slit, which revealed the star's towering metallic gold platform heels.
  — Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 Aug. 2023
• The towering neo-Gothic building became the site of headline-grabbing protests in which activists chained themselves to the pews and lay down in the aisles.
  — Liam Stack, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2024
• Movie nights and beach parties during the summer give way to ice skating and a towering Christmas tree in the winter.
  — Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 4 Sep. 2023
• Kylie also showed off her towering Christmas tree last year, which skimmed the star’s ceiling.
  — Genevieve Cepeda, Peoplemag, 25 Dec. 2023
• League 42 is a youth baseball league that makes the sport affordable to all, and Robinson is its towering beacon.
  — Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2024
• And at the center of it all is the pie case filled with artistic, colorful creations ready to be carved into towering slices.
  — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 18 Feb. 2024
• Turley finished 2 for 4 with a walk, two RBIs — and that towering solo homer, his team-leading fourth of the season.
  — Joe Freeman, oregonlive, 3 Mar. 2023
• One of Capri's famous rock formations towered in the background.
  — Alexis Jones, Peoplemag, 6 Aug. 2023
• Godzilla has towered as a colossus of pop culture for nearly 70 years.
  — Troy Aidan Sambajon, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Dec. 2023
• Kim, 42, finished off her look with a pair of towering nude heels and a dazzling door-knocker ring in a floral motif.
  — Nikki Dobrin, Peoplemag, 30 Sep. 2023
• The crumbling settlement sat on a grassy promontory at the foot of a towering mountain.
  — Susan Portnoy, Travel + Leisure, 29 Mar. 2024
• The ocean vistas, towering coastal redwoods—the tallest living things on earth—and bohemian vibes.
  — Garrick Ramirez, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Mar. 2023
• Robert Herjavec’s towering New York City penthouse could be yours — for a cool $38.5 million.
  — Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 12 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024