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
• 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
• Work scows were up to 90 feet long and hauled coal, grain and limestone.
  — Diana Lambdin Meyer, USA Today, 28 June 2025
• Partway through the trip, their motorboat breaks down, and they are forced to pole more than 200 miles upriver in a scow.
  — Krista Langlois, Outside Online, 6 Feb. 2020