paddle

Example Sentences

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Her partner managed to paddle to shore to raise the alarm but Mandy found herself drifting "further and further out".

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

But ego isn’t just Chalamet’s engine, it’s also his muse, whether he’s swinging a paddle, riding a sandworm or strumming a guitar as Bob Dylan.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

Her husband, Joseph Hougebe, remembers whistling into the night, eagerly waiting to hear a paddle tapping against the hull of a dugout canoe -- coded signals in the darkness.

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

Checking up before a tight hairpin—braking late, downshifting with the paddle shifters, turning hard into hairpin corners, the weight of the wheel growing heavy, the little engine piping at full spool.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

In space, there is nothing to push backward; you can paddle all you want, but you’ll get nowhere.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife