oar
Example Sentences
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It’s like the waves, the rhythm, it takes two — you know, the two oars.
From Washington Post
The winners of the Class Day Regatta get a little pin with a gold oar and a white blade on it.
From Seattle Times
Seagulls circled and squawked; cars droned on the University and Ship Canal bridges; rowers glided across the bay, cutting and slapping the water with their oars.
From Seattle Times
An elderly lady in a boat hands Otto an oar and announces, “No word, row on.”
From New York Times
We passed a rowboat carrying a family, a boy at each end pulling on an oar, two girls and the parents huddled in the middle with bags of rudimentary supplies.
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
