paddle

Example Sentences

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If you’re not down with the fancy footwork, Mazda also offers the RF with a six-speed automatic transmission with paddle shifters.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 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

Rower nodded, smiling as the wind pushed a large blue paddle counterclockwise.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 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

They had to paddle hard, hard, hard, but they made it to shore just in time.

From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson