oarsman

Example Sentences

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The oil on canvas shows an oarsman in a top hat rowing his skiff on languid waters.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 30, 2023

Their fate wasn’t discovered until 1808, when the captain of an American merchant ship anchored just off Pitcairn Island heard a local oarsman speaking “crisp and proper English.”

From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2022

He'd hoped to be back as an oarsman within a day or two but he is still not in the best shape.

From BBC • May 1, 2021

Baldomero Ballesteros Sr. was a local champion oarsman, with the same long arms and strong will as his youngest son.

From Golf Digest • Apr. 13, 2020

Neither is necessarily a better or more valuable oarsman than the other; both the long arms and the strong back are assets to the boat.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown