sculling

Example Sentences

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A gifted athlete, he became the first Indian to win the Macklin Sculls - a prestigious single sculling race - at the Calcutta Lake Club in 1938.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

The longer you stay underwater, kicking your feet, sculling your arms against all that heaviness and bright blue, the worse it gets.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2022

During covid we got our sculling license, so we’d do some sculling for maybe an hour.

From Washington Post • Jul. 8, 2021

This summer, he told me, he was opening two Jeanne Gang-designed boathouses, converting a river once used to haul coal and slag into a recreation center for kayaking and sculling and live music.

From New York Times • May 29, 2013

“You seem a little old for this,” she said, sculling out spoons of flesh from her half melon.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee