stowed away

Definition of stowed awaynext
past tense of stow away

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for stowed away
Verb
  • Back during the height of covid, the Olde Mecklenburg Brewery thumbed its nose at social-distancing recommendations and crammed upwards of a thousand people into its beer garden for its annual Mecktoberfest.
    Theoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Since then, several states have thumbed their nose at the order.
    Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The source claimed that tensions finally came to a head after Victoria allegedly hijacked a dance at the 2022 nuptials.
    Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 21 Jan. 2026
  • My mum hijacked my first dance with my wife, which had been planned weeks in advance to a romantic love song.
    Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 20 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Four years into his prison sentence, Manchester escaped from an Anson County prison and hitchhiked to Charlotte.
    Zach Dennis, Charlotte Observer, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Crowding out the understory Researchers think Japanese stiltgrass hitchhiked to the United States in the early 1900s.
    Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • In the meantime, the data center will work on getting hitched to the grid.
    Sarah Henry, AZCentral.com, 18 Jan. 2026
  • The last thing the city needs is a repeat of Victory Park, the anodyne development hitched to the American Airlines Center that, more than two decades after its inception, has only begun to find traction as a vibrant community — and may lose it if its primary tenants depart.
    Mark Lamster Architecture Critic, Dallas Morning News, 14 Jan. 2026
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“Stowed away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stowed%20away. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.

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