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Stowaways is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Stowaways in a sentence

Related words

Stowaways | Stowaway

Stowaways meaning

plural of stowaway

Using Stowaways

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of stowaway
  • In the example corpus, stowaways often appears in combinations such as: the stowaways, stowaways in, as stowaways.

Context around Stowaways

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 21.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 6 start, 10 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

dominican 1× undocumented 1× suspected 1× albanian 1× monstrous 1× two 1× seven 1× african 1× 67f 1× detect 1×

Often after:

musicians 1× boarded 1×

Sentence patterns with Stowaways

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

11 albanian stowaways including a 1× 55c 67f stowaways often die 1× african stowaways are found 1× arrive as stowaways in shipping 1× as undocumented stowaways in trucks 1× believe the stowaways boarded the 1× by monstrous stowaways 1× collective the stowaways musicians from 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a group of 1× african stowaways are 1× as temperatures plunge 1× bruce willis and 1× crew believe the 1× critics pointed out 1×

Common sentence endings:

an acoustic set 1× bags of salad 1× by monstrous stowaways 1× die of hypothermia 1× dressmaker evelyn wauchope 1× federal aviation administration 1×

Words around Stowaways

Just before it in the word index:

stowaway 23 stowage 8 stowable 3 stow 68 stovl 11 stovies 2

Just after it in the word index:

stowe 74 stowed 35 stowell 12 stower 2 stowers 24 stowey 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaj 27 aal 27 aalto 27 abn 27 abo 27 absalom 27

Corpus analysis for Stowaways

  • In this selection, "stowaways" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, dominican, undocumented, suspected, musicians and boarded stand out and add context to how "stowaways" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include 11 albanian stowaways including a and 55c 67f stowaways often die. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "stowaways" sits close to words such as aaj, aal and aalto, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with stowaways

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

African stowaways are found guilty of affray after. (8 words)

Dozens of stowaways were found and returned to the docks. (10 words)

One of the stowaways was 27-year-old dressmaker Evelyn Wauchope. (11 words)

Longer example sentences

The 22 Nave Andromeda seafarers were ‘tired but in good spirits’ before they went back to work, departing from Southampton yesterday after a with seven stowaways was ended when the Special Boat Service (SBS) rappelled onto the deck. (38 words)

Bruce Willis and Thomas Jane team up in next month's science fiction-horror flick In the film, the two find their routine cruise from Earth to a new colony across the cosmos interrupted by monstrous stowaways. (37 words)

Meanwhile, over in the Lobby Stage, ShipRockers lined the staircases to watch some members of the all-star collective The Stowaways — musicians from multiple bands put together specifically for ShipRocked — perform an acoustic set. (34 words)

Example sentences (20)

One of the stowaways was 27-year-old dressmaker Evelyn Wauchope.

The even more pleasant title story deals with Dominican stowaways who believe they have made it to Miami.

Under the scheme, people arriving in Britain as undocumented stowaways in trucks or boats, would be flown 6,400 km to Rwanda.

Operatives of the Nigerian Navy Ship Beecroft have arrested eight suspected stowaways during their attempt to board two-speed boats.

Some reptiles that need adopting arrive as stowaways in shipping containers or bags of salad.

Stowaways in wheel wells have been recorded since at least 1959, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.

A group of 11 Albanian stowaways including a pregnant woman and a 17-year-old boy have been discovered on a car transporter ship in Southampton docks.

Bruce Willis and Thomas Jane team up in next month's science fiction-horror flick In the film, the two find their routine cruise from Earth to a new colony across the cosmos interrupted by monstrous stowaways.

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Prosecuting Inspector Hubert Gerada explained that the two stowaways had been caught out on board a Tirrenia vessel, headed to Catania.

The 22 Nave Andromeda seafarers were ‘tired but in good spirits’ before they went back to work, departing from Southampton yesterday after a with seven stowaways was ended when the Special Boat Service (SBS) rappelled onto the deck.

African stowaways are found guilty of affray after.

As temperatures plunge to -55C (-67F), stowaways often die of hypothermia.

Dozens of stowaways were found and returned to the docks.

It has been suggested that some stowaways are trying to escape persecution in their home country, or are fleeing conflict situations.

Meanwhile, over in the Lobby Stage, ShipRockers lined the staircases to watch some members of the all-star collective The Stowaways — musicians from multiple bands put together specifically for ShipRocked — perform an acoustic set.

Scanners used to detect stowaways in lorries but sources claim they don't work as well on refrigerated units.

Crew believe the stowaways boarded the 71,000-tonne ship when it set off from Lagos and wanted to jump into the water as it was approaching land.

Critics pointed out that armed guards are stationed on the US-Canada border, and that physical infrastructure, such as scanners to check lorries for stowaways, are part of the arrangements.

Under cover of darkness, the troops swung on to the deck of the 770ft Grande Tema to tackle the stowaways who allegedly were weilding iron- bars.

Others more probably were spread by humans, for example on imported water plants or as stowaways on ships.

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Common combinations with stowaways

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "stowaways" in a sentence?
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What does "stowaways" mean?
Stowaways means: plural of stowaway
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