oar

Example Sentences

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Here, residents travel via boat and oar along miles of tree-lined canals, transporting flowers, vegetables and other products harvested on the artificial islands known as chinampas that were a mainstay of Aztec agriculture.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2024

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

Old wooden skis and a racing oar frame the door to the music room.

From Seattle Times • May 1, 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

It was an oar handie from a broken oar sawed off to about two and a half feet in length.

From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway