paddle

Example Sentences

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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

Mandy urged other paddle boarders to take proper precautions before going out on the water.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

“Nooo,” comes a shout from the back of the room, a solo red paddle wiggling.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 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

She held the paddle in both hands and stirred carefully, because if the pumpkin burned there wouldn’t be any pumpkin pies.

From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder