sculling

Example Sentences

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The longer you stay underwater, kicking your feet, sculling your arms against all that heaviness and bright blue, the worse it gets.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2022

They leaned against their kitchen counters for backbends and handstands and used resistance bands to practice sculling, the vigorous hand and forearm movements that help propel the swimmers.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 28, 2021

During covid we got our sculling license, so we’d do some sculling for maybe an hour.

From Washington Post • Jul. 8, 2021

Just a few hundred feet downriver, the green and yellow Peter Jay Sharp Boathouse, designed by Robert A. M. Stern, runs a busy program of sculling and sweep rowing.

From New York Times • Sep. 13, 2012

“You’re just in need of my help,” said Janice, sculling again through her cantaloupe.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee