Sentence examples for paddle like from inspiring English sources

Then it said, "But it will paddle like a clawfoot tub in a lake of molasses".

We all know Ians, people who have to paddle like hell because they're out of their depth.

"Hold your paddle like a fairy holds her wand, not how a witch holds her broomstick!" he exhorted his pupils.

"This place feels kind of old school to me," said Dan Shaked (far right, with paddle), "like you're back to being a kid".

You'll know the next one is open when the cashier waves a yellow paddle like the ones the marshals use to quiet crowds at the tees.

The fishermen leave the rafts periodically to go out in coracles to check on their lobster pots, using a paddle like a child's beach spade, but mainly they just lie around on the rafts with their families.

I found myself running well, a shoe stuck paddle-like over each hand.

Banked round the edges of the garden are cycads, bird-of-paradise plants with strong paddle-like leaves, cannas, bird's nest ferns.

£6.99, crocus.co.uk Musa basjoo Their huge, paddle-like blue-green leaves, which can grow up to 3m each, mean they're an extraordinary sight in any garden.

It does not have enormous paddle-like leaves or otherwise resemble a banana tree; that impression resulted from its adjacency to such a tree.

So do the paddle-like leaves of papaw trees, long-forgotten natives with custard-like fruit, which form a natural walkway along one side of the house.