oar

Example Sentences

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Does she regret the day she picked up an oar?

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2024

In California, a navigable water source is a body of water that is “capable of being navigated by oar or motor-propelled small craft,” so anywhere you could get into a boat and go 500 yards.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2023

Old wooden skis and a racing oar frame the door to the music room.

From Seattle Times • May 1, 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 paddled desperately with the oar for the shore.

From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins