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Example sentences for "stowed"

Lexicographically close words:
stoves; stow; stowage; stowaway; stowaways; stowing; stown; stows; stra; strabismus
  1. He was most cordial and obliging, but the Flying Buddies later discovered that he had secretly brought not only the gas but the powerful dwarf, who stowed away in the "Lark" when he got a chance.

  2. The pilot who went to Jamaica found one stowed away in his bus when he first came down, and he's been with him ever since.

  3. Downs was completely upset by the catastrophe to his officer and, somehow, had got a few comforting drinks stowed away, and these had started him to singing some confounded Irish keen that grated on Todd's nerves.

  4. As good fortune would have it they were able to secure the same car, and the good-natured driver beamed at them, as they stowed themselves away as they had the day before.

  5. It was late in the evening when the goods were all snugly stowed in the cave, the boat having been brought up at high tide.

  6. Roly landed the prize with the assistance of his friends, and stowed it safely away in the shade of the rocks in an empty flour sack.

  7. A good deal of private property (including the valuable telegraph instruments, out of the post office) was found stowed away in the church in the hope that our troops would not touch anything--nor did we.

  8. He got across Holland, to a seaport town, stowed himself aboard a fishing smack, got to England and reported himself to the astonished officials at the War Office.

  9. This he stowed away in the tails of his coat, which were very long.

  10. So, without any further pause for reflection, Cleg stowed away all the possessions, inventoried with such accuracy above, into various outlying nooks and crevices among the seams and pockets of his flapping attire.

  11. To-day the girl had her fair hair done up in a womanly net and stowed away on the top of her head.

  12. Her hands were snugly stowed away in a costly little muff, and she did not think it necessary to extend them to her child.

  13. The injured travellers and the hysterical women passengers were already snugly stowed away in the ambulance carriages and well taken care of.

  14. Of those stuffed reeds he made bundles, which he stowed away in a corner of his room.

  15. Up we sprang; arrayed ourselves in our walking-dresses, stowed away our more gentlemanlike habiliments in the knapsacks, and addressed ourselves to breakfast.

  16. The substantial Saxon eilwagen stood still in its repose, for it was not destined to proceed further; and in its room were provided three lesser carriages, into one of which, seated for four persons, I and my boy stowed ourselves.

  17. Then to bed, each and all with more or less Rudesheimer or Hochheimer stowed away.

  18. Dividing the baggage between the two he had it carried to the wharf, and, taking a small boat, quickly had it stowed in the hold and the small articles carried to the stateroom.

  19. After this he took a boat and went out to the steamer, carrying with him two bags of oranges and stowed them away under the bottom berths.

  20. But it was the Count who saw her safely within her carriage, stowed the sleepy dachshunds in their warm corner under the seat, and raised his hat as Lucille drove away.

  21. These lumbering festival vehicles were stowed under the shed of the courtyard, while, as a precaution against the upsetting of a friendly glass of wine, many of the women present had hung their overskirts in a barn adjoining.

  22. So we set to work and gathered stout pieces of wood and carried them to the seashore, where we constructed rafts and stowed food upon them in readiness for a hasty departure.

  23. And soon thereafter, having stowed all my goods in the hold of the ship, I set sail with the others for Baghdad.

  24. Then, full of a wild hope that I might at length reach an inhabited region, I stowed upon it rich goods from the shore, ambergris from the spring, and the rarest jewels I could find in the beds of the watercourses.

  25. Between what Kennedy has here and what he has stowed away in that laboratory of his, I wonder that any one dares be a crook.

  26. He stowed the package in his pockets and then went over to a cabinet in which he kept a number of rather uncommon drugs.

  27. Whereat he was greatly delighted, and fetched the meat, which he had stowed away in a kind of horse-cloth, for safety against ants.

  28. Safely stowed away under a triple watch and carefully tended, this man awaits his fate as the maharajah may decide.

  29. There are odds and ends of old sticks, but they are for the most part stowed away in unused rooms that would take about a week's dusting to render fit for entrance.

  30. That was kindly delivered here since, and it was the one I stowed away upstairs temporarily.

  31. No sooner is the barge made fast than men pour out on to the hay, and, while we are still proceeding on our downward course the product of the meadow is quickly stowed away below.

  32. There is barely room to move about, but the united forces of steamer crew and wharf gang make short work of the huge stack, and in a few minutes all is nicely stowed away on the lower decks.

  33. The servant stowed away the wraps and suitcases; Star mounted the seat beside Harley, and they were ready.

  34. She found herself presently being seated in a big green velvet chair in the parlor car while the porter stowed away the two big packages in the rack overhead.

  35. The evening air will not hurt them,' said he; and we each stowed a revolver in our pockets.

  36. We arranged all this as we ate a good meal; then each man stowed away a portion of goat--the goat had died the death that morning--and tied a flask of wine about him.

  37. Presently the lonely watch was broken by the arrival of messengers from the castle, bringing with them every comfort which could be stowed away in a huge hamper.

  38. A chair was brought from the kitchen, and by making a long step from it to the top of the wheel, and then to the edge of the cart, Ellen was at length safely stowed in her place.

  39. They were eagerly stowed away; and then kneeling by the side of the trunk, with loving hands, Ellen opened her desk.

  40. It was with a kind of lingering unwillingness to quit her hold of them that one thing after another was stowed carefully and neatly away in the trunk.

  41. All her nicely-stowed piles of white clothes were ruthlessly hurled out and tumbled about; her capes tried on; her summer dresses unfolded, displayed, criticised.

  42. Alice had brought a basket of sandwiches, and Prince Charlie was furnished with a bag of corn Thomas had stowed away in the sleigh for him; so they were all well refreshed and rested and warmed before they set off again.

  43. It took only a few seconds to make sure that their services at the deceased fire were no longer needed, and that Royal Sheffield's automobile would be safely stowed in the garage on Main Street.

  44. With two championships stowed safely away, it was only natural that the baseball season should have begun with a hip-hip-hurray.

  45. I have a pair of toboggans stowed away somewhere; I'll send for them when the snow comes.

  46. Burly Bill, who had been quietly smoking a little way off, put his great thumb in the bowl of his meerschaum, and stowed away that faithful companion of his in his coat-pocket.

  47. It was soon miles away from the danger point, heading toward the blue sea, to have its million-dollar cargo stowed in the holds of various steamers bound for the direction of the fighting fronts.

  48. Once or twice Tubby lifted himself on one elbow and stared hard toward the bunk where they had stowed the prisoner.

  49. Such small articles of furniture as could be secured from the effects of time and damp by being packed up, were stowed away in boxes.


  50. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "stowed" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.