How to Use towpath in a Sentence
towpath
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The vivid yellow of buttercups peeked through the high grass on the towpath.
—New York Times, 20 July 2021
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Bikes are strapped to the roof of the 250-ton Pivoine’s cabin; two of us jog along the old towpaths (barges used to be pulled by horses—and humans) to work off the grandes bouffes.
—Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 9 Aug. 2018
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There has never been a time when the walk down the towpath and across the rocks to the no-beaten-path above the river has been anything less than perfect.
—Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 26 Oct. 2021
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Pedal along a towpath skirting the canal that made Chicago.
—Lori Rackl, chicagotribune.com, 30 Sep. 2019
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Keep your eyes and ears open because the towpath is popular with runners and cyclists.
—Washington Post, 26 Nov. 2021
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Outside, a steady stream of hikers clomped merrily past my table along the canal towpath.
—Joshua Levine, Travel + Leisure, 7 Mar. 2021
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Roadside parking is available, but the park is adjacent to the C&O Canal towpath, so biking from the District is a good option for a nice day.
—Angela Fritz, Washington Post, 11 July 2018
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Cuyahoga Valley National Park’s towpath and 125 miles of hiking trails are open, as are the restrooms.
—Anne Nickoloff, cleveland, 26 Mar. 2020
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Meyer’s artistic life has been overshadowed by her death: She was shot on the C&O Canal towpath in a murder that remains unsolved.
—Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2022
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The towpath connects with forest trails for mountain biking and hiking.
—Sara Tucker, WSJ, 6 Sep. 2018
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Two weeks after the release of the Warren Commission report in 1964, she was gunned down while taking a walk on a towpath, her murder never solved.
—Michael Callahan, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2020
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There's a paved trail with descriptive historical markers along the former towpath for the Illinois & Michigan Canal, which was completed in 1848 and led to Chicago's growth as a great city for commerce.
—Ted Slowik, chicagotribune.com, 14 June 2017
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At midday Tuesday, hundreds of cars were lined up on nearby neighborhood roads and streets as people walked into the park, many taking advantage of the canal towpath, which remains unblocked.
—John Waters, The Seattle Times, 2 Jan. 2019
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Above-freezing temperatures kept much snow from sticking until midafternoon; a morning 12-kilometer run along the C & O Canal towpath in Georgetown went on unencumbered.
—Rachel Weiner, Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2017
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