Sentence examples for long oar from inspiring English sources

He picked up a long oar and started rowing — not poling but rowing, standing up and facing forward.

Armed with a long oar and something resembling a windsurfing board (but no sail), you must row while standing upright – and if that sounds easy, it's not.

Forcefully they pull back, as a 19th team member pounds a drum to keep their rhythm, and a 20th steers at the back with a long oar.

"I'm here to give you a two-minute lesson in how to steer," Mr. Lau told Barry Ko, who stood at the back of his boat with a long oar.

Tamiba was a huge, powerful lad who steered at the back using two long oars.

Mr. Menchaca is known for rowing his sailboats single-handedly, using a pair of long oars called sweeps.

The Adventure's sails were furled and men below deck leaned on long oars, called sweeps, to propel the ship forward.

The racing shells, long oars and other gear are stored now in a Quonset hut that was built three years ago as temporary storage by the Sagamore Rowing Association, a nonprofit group that provides equipment, racing advice and expertise.

Triumphant from each bout he put his homeland on the herald's lips - 'Aegina of the long oars!' In another ode Pindar describes the homecoming of an unsuccessful athlete: "the loser's hateful return, the jeering voices, the furtive back alleys".

Oxford opted to row with 13 feet long oars, 1 foot longer than Cambridge's.

One major piece is an inverted cast of Norman Mailer's attic office, its tethers like the stiff long oars of an ark, its ropes cast upon the concrete waters of the museum floor.