When the international team couldn't agree on a single protocol, the project meetings turned into a tower of Babel.

When the committee debated policy without speaking to affected residents, it sounded like proposals drafted in an ivory tower.

The committee's ivory tower recommendations failed to address the community's immediate needs.

During the battle, the captain issued orders from the conning tower while the crew adjusted the guns below.

From the hill, we watched the factory become a towering inferno against the night sky.

The prilling tower at the fertilizer plant cooled molten droplets into uniform prill agglomerates overnight.

As firefighters arrived, they were confronted by towering infernos that consumed the skyline.

The lone watch-tower on the cliff kept a silent vigil over the stormy sea.

We climbed the old cathedral's lantern tower to look down at the nave and transept below.

The maintenance crew climbed the flare tower to inspect the ignition system after the storm.