oar

Example Sentences

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Slap the water with your paddle, oar or hand.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2024

Does she regret the day she picked up an oar?

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2024

“The Boys in the Boat” is ultimately a tribute to a time long gone, to the power of teamwork, and to the grace with which an oar dips into the water on a sun-dappled lake.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 15, 2023

The performer in front — actually Woods himself, with dancer Tamzin O’Garro behind — is wielding the cello bow as an oar.

From New York Times • Nov. 20, 2022

Long before sunset, Nhamo was too exhausted to row, so she brought the oar inside and stretched out with Aunt Chipo’s scarf over her head.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer