towered

Modifying Another Word

• still: So far he had seen the view of only one side and Everest still towered nearly a thousand feet above him.

Preposition: over

• city: York Minster is a magnificent gothic cathedral which has towered over the city for over 800 years.

Preposition: into

• sky: Surrounding them a circle of snow-covered peaks and green ranges towered into a dazzling sky.

Modifies a noun

• wall: The old town you see today is mostly medieval, located on top of a flat hill and surrounded by a towered city wall.
• church: This was one of Suffolk's round towered churches.
• overhead: Soon I was splashing through marshland where huge bulrushes towered overhead.
• high: The smoke towered high in the sky, leaning on the wind.
• building: Chillingham Castle is a fourteenth century four corner towered building, constructed around an old pele tower.

Used with adjective complement

• have: York Minster is a magnificent gothic cathedral which has towered over the city for over 800 years.