How to Use scow in a Sentence

scow

noun
  • The two men opened the bottom of the scow to flood it and slow it down.
    Nr Editors, National Review, 7 Nov. 2019
  • Then came the big moment: The scow began to heel to one side, its mainsail dipping toward the water.
    Simon Peter Groebner, chicagotribune.com, 6 June 2018
  • Severe rain and wind has managed to move a massive iron scow that has been stuck on a rocky perch near Niagara Falls since 1918.
    Doha Madani, NBC News, 3 Nov. 2019
  • The crafts are destroyed on impact and handily fished out by attending boaters who drag it to a waiting garbage scow.
    Deanna Weniger, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2019
  • The commission extensively documented it last year to mark the 100th anniversary of the rescue and grounding of the scow.
    Joel Shannon, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2019
  • Conveniently, Peter, a veteran racer with the Twin Cities club, already had crewing an A-scow on his bucket list.
    Simon Peter Groebner, chicagotribune.com, 6 June 2018
  • That number is a long way from the heyday of San Francisco’s working waterfront, when the Mission Creek channel was crowded with lumber schooners, hay scows and ocean-going sailing vessels.
    Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Jan. 2018
  • The family friends promised to help Wade find work at a seafood processing plant or on a fish-buying scow.
    Bjorn Dihle, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2025

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