How to Use tower above/over in a Sentence

tower above/over

phrasal verb

• All of these grand mountains tower over the Himalayas, the highest place in the world.
  — Rahul Rao, Popular Science, 6 July 2023
• Nurtured by the moist soil, their soaring leaves tower over the 6-foot-tall farmer.
  — Jack Thompson, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Jan. 2024
• These clouds will then spread east of Sutro Tower and tower over most of the city by sunset.
  — Gerry Díaz, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Nov. 2022
• Two of the performers tower above the rest, so much that the whole show shifts in their direction.
  — courant.com, 9 July 2021
• Sometime by the end of this decade, one of those specks will tower above the rest, visible even miles away.
  — Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 29 Nov. 2023
• The size of the mountains, the size of the industry and the number of resorts, lifts and runs the state has on tap all tower over what Utah has to offer.
  — Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Dec. 2022
• In this department, Southwest and Delta still tower above the rest.
  — Jon Sindreu, WSJ, 23 Oct. 2020
• And when the expectations tower over the performance, life speeds up in the NFL.
  — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 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
• These pyrocumulus clouds tower above the ash and smoke from raging wildfires and can be seen for miles.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 24 July 2021
• Sweeping green and golden ridgelines tower over lush valleys, which give way to wide, glacial blue rivers.
  — Timothy Puko and Lillian Cunningham, Anchorage Daily News, 19 July 2023
• Lift boats have three or four legs, which tower above a boat that’s moving and can be lowered to the bottom to raise the vessel as a temporary offshore platform.
  — NBC News, 19 May 2021
• In the company of fellow politicians, Sunak doesn’t tower over anyone.
  — Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2022
• And across the region, oil rigs still tower above the ocean floor — their beams crisscrossing up from the watery depths like mechanical mountains.
  — Eric Betz, Discover Magazine, 20 Aug. 2018
• In its new iteration, the cigarette lighter wouldn’t tower over the city, but rather create a homey cluster of spaces.
  — Jessica Camille Aguirre, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2022
• While the park’s azaleas bloom in early spring and present picturesque scenery, another notable aspect of this park is the longleaf pine trees that tower over live oaks.
  — Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Sep. 2022
• In the distance stood a hill where the flagpole would tower above the landscape, topped with an observation tower with blinking lights cutting through the dark stillness of night.
  — David Sharp, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 July 2023
• The attackers descended from the steep mountains that tower over Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan in the early morning hours.
  — Rick Noack, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2023
• At 560 feet, the apartment building would tower over the community of mostly two- and three-story homes, raising concerns among some residents who want the city to shut down the project.
  — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2023
• Sauropods that tower above treetops and tyrannosaurs that make the Earth tremble beneath their weighty footsteps are two iconic dinosaur images.
  — Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 30 June 2023
• Palm trees tower over 140 seats inside the new location that opened last November in the Fishtown neighborhood.
  — Melissa Clark, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2023
• In this foggy Central Coast fishing town, two icons tower above everything.
  — Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2022
• The small city, tucked in the mountains of southwestern Oregon, sits inside the Umpqua Valley, where magnificent peaks tower over luscious pine forests and a maze of streams and waterfalls.
  — Will Lanzoni, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2023
• The greater flamingos tower over the lesser and, although more abundant globally, are clearly fewer in number.
  — Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Dec. 2022
• As the numbers below will tell you, Alabama game prices generally tower over the others.
  — Ben Flanagan | [e-mail], al, 15 Feb. 2023
• Ono added that skincare prep was a vital step in making sure everything stayed in place throughout the 13-minute performance, which saw Rihanna tower above the crowd on a floating stage of glass.
  — Anna Tingley, Variety, 13 Feb. 2023
• The home is accessed via a long gated driveway, which leads you to the front steps and foyer, and is surrounded by lush landscaping, including mature trees that tower over the residence.
  — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 8 May 2023
• Steeples tower over the city streets, bearing witness to the faithfulness of earlier generations.
  — Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2022
• However, in order to clear the roads, sidewalks, and driveways snow piles will tower over second story buildings and completely engulf vehicles and road signs.
  — Amy Delaura, Washington Examiner, 15 Jan. 2023
• Yet, Goldin’s life story shared plenty with the filmmaker’s other work, in which individuals take terrific risks to confront forces that tower over them.
  — Steve Dollar, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2022

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024