scull
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Back on land, the crew donned blazers and burned an old wooden scull in Peterhouse’s garden.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
In scull rowing, the athlete propels the boat by swinging two oars at the same time.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2021
"Although it is a fourth - again - that is history made. It is the highest any female scull has come at the Olympic Games."
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2021
But the lagoon was comparatively calm when Vladislav Yakovlev of Kazakhstan managed just 10 strokes before capsizing in his single scull.
From New York Times ● Aug. 22, 2016
My wife and Mrs. Flurry took turns in assisting my labours by paddling with a scull in the bow, while Miss Shute languidly pulled the wrong string at intervals, in the stern.
From Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. by Martin Ross
The author, who lives in Culver City, is still married to the erstwhile sailor, but she now sculls at UCLA’s Marina Aquatics Center.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2025
The author, who lives in Culver City, is still married to the erstwhile sailor, but she now sculls at UCLA’s Marina Aquatic Center.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2025
Benjamin Pritchard had led the medal charge with gold in the men’s PR1 single sculls ahead of Italy’s Giacomo Perini, after also setting a Paralympic record in qualifying.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2024
Lauren Rowles went into the history books as the first British rower to win three Paralympic golds in the PR2 mixed double sculls.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2024
They set it in the water and a moment later Bland came out, with the sculls.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
They sculled upside-down, slapped their pecs and flukes seemingly just for fun, maybe just to hear the resonant, smacking sound.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 29, 2019
Final flat whites were sculled at overpriced cafes and out-of-office signatures attached to emails.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 21, 2018
But on Sept. 23 the 72-year-old took to the Mississippi River near the Bass Street Landing and sculled for the first time in his life.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 17, 2014
He almost sculled it, real hot running past the hole.
From Golf Digest ● Jun. 9, 2014
The returned exile sculled over and tied up the punt to an iron ring.
From The Suprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
There’s sculling lingo to learn — eight seat, catching a crab, puddles, the engine room, rushing the slide.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
A gifted athlete, he became the first Indian to win the Macklin Sculls - a prestigious single sculling race - at the Calcutta Lake Club in 1938.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026
During covid we got our sculling license, so we’d do some sculling for maybe an hour.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 8, 2021
Unlike most predatory dinosaurs — including some relatives such as the slender-snouted Baryonyx — Spinosaurus had densely mineralized bones, unusually short hind limbs and a tail configuration that allowed for sinuous, sculling motions.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 26, 2021
“You seem a little old for this,” she said, sculling out spoons of flesh from her half melon.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
