Oars example sentences
Related (5): paddles, rowlocks, sculls, canoes, kayaks
"Oars" Example Sentences
Common Phrases
- The rowers pulled hard on their oars to propel the boat forward.
- They paddled furiously, their oars splashing in the water.
- The oarsman expertly maneuvered the gondola with a practiced motion of his oars.
- The crew fell into rhythm, smoothly rowing in time with each other's oars.
- The Viking boat was propelled by dozens of oarsmen pulling on their oars.
- The raft had makeshift oars fashioned from sticks and vines.
- The sailor gripped the oars tightly as he rowed the dinghy to shore.
- Perched high above the others, the coxswain called out commands to coordinate the rows of oars.
- The captain ordered his men to take up their oars and row like the devil himself was after them.
- They manned their oars and took off as fast as they could go.
- The oars bent and flexed with each stroke through the water.
- A group of swimmers clung to the lifeboat while two men gave their all trying to row them to safety using short oars.
- Wooden oars thumped rhythmically against the side of the boat.
- The adventurers eyed the oars sticking out of the sand, wondering if they would ever be freed from the island.
- They synchronized their oars, moving as one to gain maximum speed and power.
- The water rolled with waves as the oars on either side of the boat cut into the sea.
- The oars lay idle in the boat, unused as the sails caught the wind.
- The slats on the oars splintered after months of constant use.
- The children took turns paddling with the broken paddles and sticks the shipwreck survivors called oars.
- The surf crashed against the rocks as the fisherman struggled to get his rowboat ashore using only two functioning oars.
- As the storm churned the sea, the rowers struggled to hold onto their oars.
- Rowing in perfect tandem, the Varsity Eight showed the beautiful symmetry of eight strong oars slicing the water as one.
- The seawater coated the oars, making them heavy and difficult to maneuver.
- They scrapped more barnacles and scrubbed salt deposits from the wooden oars.
- The oarsmen tried not to let weariness show in their rowing as dawn drew near.
- The gondolier sang a plaintive song as he guided his passengers through Venice using long-handled oars.
- The Coast Guard pulled up alongside the sinking yacht and threw a line, oars and lifejackets to the stranded sailors.
- The ancient rowboat's oars hung loosely from the oarlocks, unused for many years.
- Their oars became entangled as the two boats drifted too close together in the fog.
- Webbed feet paddled furiously in the wake of the swan boat while its owners pretended to row using carved wooden oars.
- Calloused hands held firm to weathered oars belonging to a fisherman's skiff that had seen better days.
- Racing shells whizzed by as the novices awkwardly dipped their sculling oars into the river.
- An ancient skeleton still clutched the oars of the rowboat resting in the museum display.
- Oars creaked in their oarlocks as the rowers struggled against the powerful river current.
- Fishing poles rested next to oars along the sides of the dinghy.
- He tried unsuccessfully to master the tricky art of rowing a kayak using double-ended oars.
- A splash of cold lake water woke him from his reverie as his oar slipped from his hand.
- The men rowed for hours, on and on, dipping their oars and pushing forward.
- They took turns rowing in shifts during the night, keeping a steady rhythm with their oars.
- The rusty oarlocks made a horrible screeching sound as the oars were pulled through them.
- The pirate ship loomed in the distance, its oars powerful and swift through the calm ocean.
- The team seemed to float through the water effortlessly as eight sets of oars hit the water in unison.
- As the waves crashed into the longboat, water spilled over the gunwales and soaked the men's oars.
- He desperately needed new oars, as his were splintery and half rotten through.
- Their wings propelling them forward, the swans seemed to row and glide using broad, flat oars.
- They cheered as all eight oars came out of the water together at the finish line.
- The calm water reflected the moonlight as the weary oarsman rowed toward shore.
- A tangle of seaweed fouled the oarlocks, making the oars almost impossible to maneuver.
- The ship's first mate taught them to row by picking up the heavy oars and demonstrating the proper stroke.
- They breathed a sigh of relief when they spotted land, rowing for it with renewed vigor from their oars.
- They awoke to find both oars missing and adrift in the wide ocean.
- The white swan rhythmically dipped its large oar-like wings into the water, gliding effortlessly along the edge of the pond.
- Calluses formed on the palms of their hands where they gripped the rough wooden oars.
- The blades of the oars flung up spray each time they plunged into the river.
- Their arms ached from hours of pulling hard on the long oars trying to maneuver around the icebergs.
- The song of the gondolier accompanied the splash of his oars as the bent wooden oars pushed and pulled against the water.
- Without oars, they fashioned makeshift paddles out of scraps of wood to reach the distant shore.
- The graceful curving necks and long wings of the swans seemed designed to mimic the motion of oars as they glided across the pond.
- The sea lion bobbed along beside the rowboat, sometimes even reaching out to grab the oars with its flippers.
- With strong arms and powerful strokes, the rowers made their oars sing through the water.