tiller

Example Sentences

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In particular, the rear-axle steering—standard equipment on the Turbo S—puts a huge tiller in the water, giving the Turbo S an easy, trust-building precision as the cornering loads build.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

It would have worked if supply and demand were holding the tiller.

From Salon • May 28, 2024

While elections provide an opportunity for voters to fine-tune, or even overhaul government, there is also value in institutional knowledge and keeping a steady hand on the tiller during times of great upheaval.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 6, 2023

For quite a few people, Mr Sunak appeared to be a reassuringly steady hand at the tiller as chancellor.

From BBC • Oct. 25, 2022

He grabbed the wooden knockers on the tiller lines and began to bang them against the ironbark knocker-boards fastened to either side of the hull.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown