Explore Tow through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like towage or draw. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Tow in a sentence
Related words
Tow meaning
- To pull something behind one, such as by using a line, chain, or tongue.
- To aid someone behind by shielding them from wind resistance.
Using Tow
- The main meaning on this page is: To pull something behind one, such as by using a line, chain, or tongue. | To aid someone behind by shielding them from wind resistance.
- Useful related words include: towage, draw, haul, haulage.
- In the example corpus, tow often appears in combinations such as: in tow, tow truck, to tow.
Context around Tow
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 13 start, 3 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tow
- In this selection, "tow" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 28.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, safe, sea, fallen, truck, system and tension stand out and add context to how "tow" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a tow truck driver, a safe tow system that and tow truck. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tow" sits close to words such as attracts, consolidation and constructing, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tow
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
And this tow plow has been wonderful for us. (9 words)
A California Highway Patrol officer was injured by a sliding tow truck near Yosemite's south entrance. (17 words)
About Sea Tow: Sea Tow Services International Inc. is the nation’s leading on-water assistance provider for boaters. (19 words)
In 1983 Denis Cummings re-introduced a safe tow system that was designed to tow through the centre of mass and had a Gauge that displayed the towing tension, it also integrated a 'weak link' that broke when the safe tow tension was exceeded. (44 words)
Any snowboarder who has ever run out of speed on a cat track knows it can be essential to have a skier buddy who can give you a tow with a pole, and that same principle apparently applies in the halfpipe. (41 words)
A woman who identified herself as Susan Shannon, and spoke on behalf of Quintanilha, told the Herald on Saturday the applicant started the licensing process last December, and the company began using a tow yard in East Somerville last month. (40 words)
Example sentences (20)
In 1983 Denis Cummings re-introduced a safe tow system that was designed to tow through the centre of mass and had a Gauge that displayed the towing tension, it also integrated a 'weak link' that broke when the safe tow tension was exceeded.
A tow-truck driver pulled over and was helping to get the Honda out of the road when a motorcyclist approached, lost control and crashed into the Honda and tow truck.
Officers from District E-18 responded to a call at 147 West Street, where a male subject, identified as Gesner Joseph, was reportedly refusing to pay for a tow service and threatening the tow operator with a firearm.
Jackie would always send a tow truck to participate in funeral processions for fallen tow operators, and the Blue Hills Towing family is requesting unity in providing the same for her.
The Cross Sport can tow 5,000 pounds and will be available with a tow package that includes an updated cooling system and alternator.
The main problem is that tow truck drivers get paid (not very much-when I did it, it was $25 per vehicle.) by the number of vehicles they tow.
About Sea Tow: Sea Tow Services International Inc. is the nation’s leading on-water assistance provider for boaters.
As Nielson was speaking to tow truck drivers, he says one of the tow truck drivers noticed a semi start to slide as it headed toward their vehicles in the inside lane.
The high tow point makes it easier to jump and get air as the rope is not pulling downward as when it is attached to the low tow point used for skiing.
A California Highway Patrol officer was injured by a sliding tow truck near Yosemite's south entrance.
After about 90 minutes, police set off OC spray and entered through the front door of the Bulli home and emerged shortly after with a bloodied shirtless Bennis in tow.
After the shooting, the tow truck traveled almost two miles away to the Logan Square neighborhood where police secured it with crime tape.
A Margate man was driving drunk when he swerved into the shoulder of Florida’s Turnpike in Plantation over a year ago, killing a tow truck driver while he was helping another driver, officials say.
And this tow plow has been wonderful for us.
Any snowboarder who has ever run out of speed on a cat track knows it can be essential to have a skier buddy who can give you a tow with a pole, and that same principle apparently applies in the halfpipe.
As his video showed, the tow truck had moved over to the adjacent streets, where it could pull out the bus from a more direct angle.
At 6:15am the Oban lifeboat launched again to the casualty vessel and with the assistance of their XP boat, they established a tow.
A tow truck driver accused of killing a woman in a northeast Fresno crash is due to appear before a judge.
A tow truck was also at the scene and may have been called to haul off the victim's vehicle for evidence.
A woman who identified herself as Susan Shannon, and spoke on behalf of Quintanilha, told the Herald on Saturday the applicant started the licensing process last December, and the company began using a tow yard in East Somerville last month.
Phrases with tow
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with tow
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- in tow 65×
- tow truck 38×
- to tow 21×
- tow the 12×
- can tow 12×
- the tow 11×
- and tow 7×
- tow and 7×
- tow trucks 7×
- tow up 6×