paddle

Example Sentences

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Fred’s legs whirred—he paddled faster and faster, harder and harder —but he couldn’t get anywhere.

From Literature

In 2002, a former math and science teacher and prison guard named John Darwin paddled a kayak into the North Sea from his home in Seaton Carew, England, and disappeared.

From Los Angeles Times

Her husband, Joseph Hougebe, remembers whistling into the night, eagerly waiting to hear a paddle tapping against the hull of a dugout canoe -- coded signals in the darkness.

From Barron's

After that, Jonathan stayed with the breaststroke, changing to a dog paddle when he got tired.

From Literature

He began tossing things out —a Ping-Pong paddle, a cowboy hat, a hand puppet, swim fins.

From Literature