rowboat

Example Sentences

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Behind, at some distance, is a rowboat with whalers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

They had me in the SS Mooch, which was a rinky-dink rowboat.

From Salon • May 18, 2024

In the distance stands a city on a hill; nearby, two voyagers or gods watch from a rowboat.

From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2023

A milkman named Ray J. Henville made his rounds by rowboat.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2023

A dozen or more enormous snow-white birds, each the size of a rowboat, with long, straight wings that trailed on the water behind them: very long wings, at least two yards in length.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman