Get to know Towed better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
Towed in a sentence
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Towed meaning
simple past and past participle of tow
Using Towed
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of tow
- In the example corpus, towed often appears in combinations such as: was towed, be towed, towed to.
Context around Towed
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 11 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Towed
- In this selection, "towed" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 19.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, total, police, millimetre, behind, array and using stand out and add context to how "towed" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 155 millimetre towed howitzer and and was towed off the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "towed" sits close to words such as awakening, blasts and bundled, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with towed
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Police also towed the woman’s car. (7 words)
Police towed the boat back to shore. (7 words)
The M777 is a 155-millimetre towed howitzer. (8 words)
As in water skiing, the rider is towed behind a boat, or a cable skiing setup. ; Skurfing (1984) :Another fast growing boardsport is skurfing a mix of surfing and more conventional water sports in which the participant is towed behind the boat. (42 words)
He left me in the hospital after I'd just given birth and told me he'd be back in a little while because he'd gotten his vehicle stuck and needed to go have it towed. (37 words)
In a post on X, formerly Twitter, Road Police wrote: “DunbarRP came across a disqualified rider of a motorcycle who was being towed using an extendable dog lead on the M9 by another vehicle. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
As in water skiing, the rider is towed behind a boat, or a cable skiing setup. ; Skurfing (1984) :Another fast growing boardsport is skurfing a mix of surfing and more conventional water sports in which the participant is towed behind the boat.
Hull mounted sonar is employed to back up the towed array, and in confined waters where obstacles could foul a towed array.
He left me in the hospital after I'd just given birth and told me he'd be back in a little while because he'd gotten his vehicle stuck and needed to go have it towed.
Her car was towed since her license had been suspended since 2009.
In a post on X, formerly Twitter, Road Police wrote: “DunbarRP came across a disqualified rider of a motorcycle who was being towed using an extendable dog lead on the M9 by another vehicle.
Jacob then tied the whale and with three boats total, towed the whale to the ice.
Khadeejah Yusuf, also towed the same line as Folalu.
Kirbach’s vehicle and the first parked vehicle were towed from the scene by Bill’s Towing.
Officers stayed on the scene for traffic control until the vehicle was able to be towed.
On arrival the rider made it safely to shore and the drifting jet ski was towed to shore and reunited with the owner.
Police also towed the woman’s car.
Police towed the boat back to shore.
The Blacksmith and the Bikie are towed in together, out past the colorful headland, out past the reefs the community has made, and zipping over a massive swell to the entry point.
The hobblers also towed ships into Bristol with rowboats.
The M777 is a 155-millimetre towed howitzer.
The mangled Benz bus and the Tipper truck have since been towed away.
The scooterist's vehicle "sustained major damage and was towed off the scene," according to the police report.
The yacht was towed further out to sea where the fire was put out.
Three new islands and three that have been reconditioned have been towed out and anchored in Stowe Pool by members of Lichfield District Council’s Parks Team.
Vehicles, including trailers found to be in violation of any of the above parking prohibitions, will be towed at the owner’s expense.
Common combinations with towed
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- was towed 43×
- be towed 32×
- towed to 24×
- towed from 22×
- towed away 22×
- being towed 20×
- and towed 19×
- towed the 17×
- been towed 11×
- towed by 10×