rowboat

Example Sentences

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Behind, at some distance, is a rowboat with whalers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

If you’ve ever taken a rowboat into the Blue Grotto on the Italian isle of Capri, this cave’s interior will give you déja vù in another hue.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2024

They had me in the SS Mooch, which was a rinky-dink rowboat.

From Salon • May 18, 2024

Her husband, John Sonnichsen, had followed her in a rowboat.

From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2023

I had not run a boat but rowed one on Icefoot Lake in Kerm; and there was a rowboat tied up in the outer dock between two launches.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin