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