oars

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• The turbulent waters caused one of his oars to crack, which—without a motor or a sail—can be severely detrimental to his voyage.

• Near the banks, the water is shallow and her palm frond oars propel her.

• It is clear to you that she intends to use the staves as oars.

• Knife and fork push against one another rhythmically on the plate, like oars on a boat.

• We steadied the boat with the oars, and I thought we were doing real good.

• They were provided with sails and twelve oars each, and a falconet, or small brass cannon.

• About the same time it was discovered that the boats had neither oars, nor rudders, nor supplies of food.

• The boatmen sang in deep and almost tragic voices as they plied the enormous oars.

• The six men pulled with a long stroke, their oars dipping along the surface of the sea as they feathered them.

• When they did at length break silence, it was in short interjectional remarks, as they resumed the oars.