stowed away

past tense of stow away

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for stowed away
Verb
  • In short, Moscow sees Montenegro as both strategically valuable and an impudent upstart that has thumbed its nose at the Russian bear while genuflecting before NATO and Washington.
    Edward P. Joseph, Foreign Affairs, 22 Dec. 2016
Verb
  • Nearly 3,000 people were killed in New York City, Washington, DC, and outside of Shanksville, Pennsylvania, after 19 al Qaeda terrorists hijacked four US commercial airplanes bound for West Coast destinations.
    Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Terrorists associated with the extremist group al-Qaeda hijacked four planes.
    Solcyré Burga, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
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
  • Except that in this case, she was already hitched to the glamour dude.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The wagon, which was hitched to two horses, left the road and all eight passengers on board were ejected, authorities said.
    Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
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“Stowed away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stowed%20away. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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