How to Use towpath in a Sentence

towpath

noun

• The vivid yellow of buttercups peeked through the high grass on the towpath.
  — New York Times, 20 July 2021
• 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
• 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
• Horses would walk alongside the canal on a towpath, pulling massive barges of coal at first, and then all kinds of other goods.
  — Corey Buhay, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 July 2022
• Pedal along a towpath skirting the canal that made Chicago.
  — Lori Rackl, chicagotribune.com, 30 Sep. 2019
• The towpath was busy with runners and cyclists, dog walkers and parents with strollers.
  — Corey Buhay, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 July 2022
• Keep your eyes and ears open because the towpath is popular with runners and cyclists.
  — Washington Post, 26 Nov. 2021
• Outside, a steady stream of hikers clomped merrily past my table along the canal towpath.
  — Joshua Levine, Travel + Leisure, 7 Mar. 2021
• 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
• Cuyahoga Valley National Park’s towpath and 125 miles of hiking trails are open, as are the restrooms.
  — Anne Nickoloff, cleveland, 26 Mar. 2020
• 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
• The towpath connects with forest trails for mountain biking and hiking.
  — Sara Tucker, WSJ, 6 Sep. 2018
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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

Last Updated: 1 Dec 2024