Sentence examples for of the oar from inspiring English sources

"Never let go of the oar".

The side-to-side movements of the oar force the water backward and the boat forward.

The racing stroke begins with the entry of the oar blade into the water (the catch).

"You let go of the oar just now for what reason?" "To point out the sights".

"Think of the oar as a lever," Prof. Mark Schiefsky of the Harvard classics department said.

The loom, or middle portion of the oar, rests either in a notch or oarlock (rowlock) or between thole pins on the gunwale (top edge) of the boat in order to serve as a fulcrum of the oar.

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The advantages of the OARs are shown by comparing the results with Genetic Algorithm (GA) based integral controllers for the same restructured system.

For it's death to be where one is not, where every breath is a heaving of the oars                alone at sea.

He overcame this hurdle when, as he was being rowed across a lake, the rhythm and sound of the oars in the water inspired the mysterious introductory theme of the opening movement.

Flaubert had expressed boredom at the sights in Egypt, but when his trip ended he admitted missing "the soft sound of the oars in the water -- that cadenced accompaniment to our long dreamy days".