oarsman
Example Sentences
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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
Baldomero Ballesteros Sr. was a local champion oarsman, with the same long arms and strong will as his youngest son.
From Golf Digest • Apr. 13, 2020
The dark evergreens in the foreground and the luminous mountain in the background dwarf a solitary oarsman on a serene expanse of water.
From New York Times • Jul. 19, 2013
A young oarsman at the Iraqi Rowing Union finishes an afternoon sculling session on the Tigris.
From The Guardian • Mar. 17, 2013
So, laying his staff and his bag of books under the rowers’ bench, Ged became for ten bitter days of winter an oarsman of that Northern ship.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
