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
  • Tumors growing where chronic injury has hijacked DNA repair and allowed malignant cells to escape control.
    Bill Frist, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • When your attention is hijacked, your energy goes into shock and outrage.
    Annie Margaret, CNN Money, 13 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
  • She’s hitched from Novi Sad, where the railway station collapsed in December.
    Sara Stridsberg September 15, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Except that in this case, she was already hitched to the glamour dude.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Stowed away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stowed%20away. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.

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