towering
altaneiro
definition
verb
he seemed to tower over everyone else
rise to or reach a great height.
The big ticket item was a US Air Force B1 Bomber, which towered over the surrounding displays like a massive bird of prey.
(of a bird) soar to a great height, especially (of a falcon) so as to be able to swoop down on the quarry.
adjective
Hari looked up at the towering buildings
extremely tall, especially in comparison with the surroundings.
translation of 'towering'
adjective
muito alto,
superior,
violento,
altaneiro,
arrebatado,
muito elevado
example
In that film, a 'towering' epic of stupidity, the astronauts confront a bunch of super-lame CGI aliens who hold hands and cry.
The 2003 festival is no exception, offering a 'towering' series of art exhibitions and workshops.
We devote four articles to this subject of 'towering' importance.
As if to literalize the longing of the title, a breathtakingly extended axle-like element joins a 'towering' wheel to a tall woven hive shape.
The trees were tall and 'towering' though there was a stump in the middle where a tree had been felled.
The second film in the trilogy is a 'towering' achievement which actually surpasses the original in terms of spectacle, scale and emotion.
No, today is a day to celebrate the 'towering' human spirit that exists in this one woman.
Nanda Devi is the patron Goddess of Gharwal and Kumaon and has been a 'towering' influence on the culture of these twin mountain regions.
At a 'towering' two metres tall, her portrait dominates one of the principal rooms of the National Gallery of Scotland with an imperial presence.
Legendary rock guitarist Gary Moore returns from a bout of the blues to his roots and, like the title of the album, he bares his soul and his 'towering' talents with something a few riffs short of a musical masterpiece.
Two very different comedians, two 'towering' influences the impish Carson and the caustic Pryor, passed away in 2005.
But given the 'towering' importance of this issue and how it affects millions of workers directly, the turnout was scandalously small.
Short has underlined his importance to the squad with several 'towering' performances since returning from a knee injury.
The castle was a pure sandstone building with enormous 'towering' pillars and high arches and courtyards.
For Brown, the goal was merely the most expressive part of a 'towering' performance of assurance and influence.
The window screen was completely enveloped with the dull metal landscape of a huge city of 'towering' buildings, no doubt Capital City.
For ever since I saw that birthday cake - 'towering' and tall - I have never been able to replicate its height.
Its plaza principal is a huge site surrounded by 'towering' structures.
Who transformed you from a lame-duck President appointed by the Supreme Court into a 'towering' wartime leader?
McGrath is a 'towering' intellect and one of the leading theologians in modern evangelicalism.
Willie Ryan in the Portarlington back-line was a 'towering' influence and had a great game.
I gave them each a glare and turned my attention towards the tall, 'towering' doors that would soon open to reveal my parents.
Einstein is still a 'towering' figure, Freud a very influential one, Marx has fallen on hard times.
While, as 'towering' buildings, churches even today have an intrinsic power, this exists because of their architecture rather than in the meaning they might convey to us.
It is broad daylight, and the Professor is peering through rain-soaked windows at 'towering' black canyons so tall they blot out the sky.
In a taxi in Mumbai, she sat quietly on the back seat awestruck by the 'towering' buildings almost touching the sky on either side of the road.
He was surrounded by tall skyscrapers, their 'towering' heights lost in the inky blackness of a night sky.
A stunned gaze caught sight of that old wreck of a home, seeing the outline of the tall and 'towering' buildings just at the western horizon.
Instead we should view promises, and other people's rights, as of such 'towering' importance that they are basically invulnerable to the calculus of social interests.
It positively thunders from the speakers, rising to a 'towering' , epic crescendo of hissing guitar and soaring choruses.
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