oar

Example Sentences

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"It started flipping, and then I lost an oar and I knew I was in trouble," he recalled.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026

She combined an oar, a vacuum cleaner hose and a long leather cord to block the handle, yanking on the cord from time to time if she saw slack.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 4, 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

He also missed watching me heroically make rogue waves with my oar to get it to go in another direction.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 26, 2022

She attempted to paddle in the afternoon, but the oar threatened to slip out of her fingers.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer