oar

Example Sentences

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A transatlantic rowing crew have been forced to patch up their boat with an empty champagne bottle and a broken oar after being attacked by a marlin.

From BBC • Jan. 11, 2024

With sculling, each rower holds an oar in each hand; with sweep rowing, each rower holds one oar with both hands.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 29, 2023

The performer in front — actually Woods himself, with dancer Tamzin O’Garro behind — is wielding the cello bow as an oar.

From New York Times • Nov. 20, 2022

He also missed watching me heroically make rogue waves with my oar to get it to go in another direction.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 26, 2022

Once free, she took the oar, as she had seen Crocodile Guts do many times, and pushed herself away from shore.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer