The Eiffel Tower is probably the most famous landmark in Paris.
The trees towered over the loggers who were preparing to cut them down.
The second tallest communications tower in the world, located in Russia, was badly damaged in a fire in August 2000.
My nephew loves
building little towers out of wooden blocks, and then knocking them over.
I was kind of short in elementary school, and the girls I liked were always so tall that they absolutely towered over me.
The huge, old trees towered above us as we made our way through the forest.
The
Leaning Tower of Pisa will probably fall over some day.
Lao-Tzu observed that the tower nine stories high is built from a small heap of earth.
Alice Mackenzie Swaim once wrote, "Courage is not the towering oak that sees storms come and go; it is the fragile blossom that opens in the
snow.
According to the Bible, the Babylonians attempted to build a tower so high that its top would reach the heavens.
The Eiffel Tower is painted approximately once every 7 years, and requires nearly 50 tons of paint each time.
The twin Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia are currently the world's tallest buildings.
An African legend tells us that at the dawn of time, the Supreme Being created his home on earth by building a towering mountain.
The Maya built cities around towering pyramids, which served as temples to their many gods.
'Big Ben' is the name given to the large bell in the tower that forms part of the British Houses of Parliament.