oarsman
Example Sentences
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The oil on canvas shows an oarsman in a top hat rowing his skiff on languid waters.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 30, 2023
Their fate wasn’t discovered until 1808, when the captain of an American merchant ship anchored just off Pitcairn Island heard a local oarsman speaking “crisp and proper English.”
From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2022
He'd hoped to be back as an oarsman within a day or two but he is still not in the best shape.
From BBC • May 1, 2021
Now I am drifting through a long afternoon, or beached like an oarsman who has run out of water.
From The Guardian • May 7, 2020
He had never yet been beaten, had never been obliged to surrender a jersey to a rival oarsman.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
