pirogue

Example Sentences

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The joy of having made it outweighed the difficulty some were having walking after days crammed into a pirogue.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

At the same event, competition is fierce to win the pirogue race.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2024

Artists hung paintings from trees, converted the walls of stores and restaurants into galleries, and filled some of Dakar’s run-down architectural gems with installations — piles of rubble, pieces of pirogue boats, a tennis court.

From New York Times • May 30, 2024

There’s a pirogue over there, he told him.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 18, 2023

I ask my mom if I can take a pirogue and do a circuit of the island.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer