tow

Example Sentences

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They came up with what many saw as a long-shot plan: coax the whale into the water-filled hold of a special barge and tow it back to its natural habitat.

From Barron's • May 16, 2026

The fourth was left to confront a frenzied media scrum alone, small children in tow, with the knowledge she could be next.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

On Friday, Kumar was near the tail end of a line of around 100 people, many of them women with children in tow, at a gas dealer in Noida.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

He was on a national tour when detectives were called to a Hollywood tow yard after neighbors complained of a terrible smell coming from an impounded vehicle.

From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026

A boy jumped out of a yellow tow truck and shouted, “So long, Dad!”

From "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary