paddle

Example Sentences

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Her partner managed to paddle to shore to raise the alarm but Mandy found herself drifting "further and further out".

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

“Nooo,” comes a shout from the back of the room, a solo red paddle wiggling.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

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 • Feb. 12, 2026

Checking up before a tight hairpin—braking late, downshifting with the paddle shifters, turning hard into hairpin corners, the weight of the wheel growing heavy, the little engine piping at full spool.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

I paddle out into the middle of the river, where a bit of current will speed me on my way.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone