paddle

Example Sentences

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"It's a paddle that is attached to the bottom of a metal rod and I've made a leg that I can walk into the water with and can actually swim," he explained.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

If the Labour Party is up the creek without a paddle after last week, to revert to Yank lingo, it also finds itself in an anomalous position.

From Salon • May 10, 2026

The paddle craze of the decade has bountiful benefits for people living with the neurodegenerative disease.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

AFP journalists saw devotees deliberately puncturing their skin with glass shards attached to a small wooden paddle to ensure their bleeding during the ritual, a way to atone for sins and seek miracles from God.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

He had a pole with a flat paddle that he used first on one side, then the other, to move himself along.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer