paddle

Example Sentences

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On the park's website, the authority said visitors must not enter the water at any time, which includes using kayaks, canoes, paddle boards and dinghies.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

If the Labour Party is up the creek without a paddle after last week, to revert to Yank lingo, it also finds itself in an anomalous position.

From Salon • May 10, 2026

The paddle craze of the decade has bountiful benefits for people living with the neurodegenerative disease.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

Rower nodded, smiling as the wind pushed a large blue paddle counterclockwise.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

He had a pole with a flat paddle that he used first on one side, then the other, to move himself along.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer