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 winners of the Class Day Regatta get a little pin with a gold oar and a white blade on it.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 16, 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
I nod and pretend to study the oar, but the truth is, I can’t tell where it broke.
From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick
Vocabulary lists containing oar
3-letter words, List 2
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Spelling Practice, Unit 8
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Spelling Practice 1, Unit 3
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