stowed

Example Sentences

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Gate agents explain that my wheelchair needs to be stowed under the plane, which takes time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025

But if both parents work, children have to be stowed in child care until they’re old enough for kindergarten or first grade — let’s say up to age 5 or 6.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025

Naturally, it was stowed away in a high-limit room.

From Slate • Nov. 18, 2025

Tchiroma, stowed away in his residence since Monday, said Friday that part of the army was protecting him and called for public support through a "ghost towns" strategy from Monday to Wednesday.

From Barron's • Nov. 1, 2025

The ship was made ready, the presents were stowed within, and Odysseus embarked after taking a grateful leave of his kind hosts.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton