How to pronounce“towering”in English
adjMore than half the people in the world live in cities. Expo 2010 looks at the urban future and how to make it fit for mankind in better city, better life.
So towering, so new, so huge. About 20 million people live in the Megalopoulos
on the Hangpo River. Here, explosive growth is causing an explosion of problems. Traffic, waste removal, and water supplies, just to name a few.
All Video Occurrences for “towering” (5)Adjective clips
Click any clip to jumpListen to native speakers pronounce “towering” as a adj in real conversational contexts with synchronized timestamps and subtitles.
Definitions of “towering”
present participle and gerund of tower
Very tall or high and dwarfing anything around it.
“So this was my future home, I thought![…]Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.”
The act or condition of being high above others.
“Gaiety seldom fails to give some pain; the hearers either strain their faculties to accompany its towerings, or are left behind in envy or despair.”
Explore Similar Words
Looking for pronunciations related to ‘towering’? Explore native video clips for similar terms and variations: