Sentence examples similar to stiff paddle from inspiring English sources

And then it was time to head home -- a couple of miles of paddling against stiff tradewinds.

It is a very different world to the starched uniforms, paddle-steamers, and stiff upper lip of Gen Gordon's era.

"Gone were the days of the 19th-century wooden paddle-wheel steamer, with its stiff bunks, chamber pots and pervasive stink of bilge water," Ujifusa writes.

Once we finally got on the water, we paddled five miles into a stiff breeze to reach a pleasant-looking camping spot on a tree-lined spit jutting into the river.

To make the paddle fan: Select a piece of stiff card stock (a good size is about 5 by 5 inches) and round the edges.

In brachyurans these setae are stiff and function to expand the surface area of the paddle during swimming [ 80].

It gets a 349-hp supercharged engine (expect 0-60 in less than five seconds), much stiffer springs and a new SpeedShift automatic transmission that works something like paddle shifters in F1 race cars.

"Kayak paddles really don't move too much; they're kind of stiff and stationary," she said.

"Sort of like a Heisman stiff-arm, hit him in the face and try to feed him the paddle," he said.

Without stiff penalties for manipulation of the information disclosed, the consumers are up a creek without a paddle.

The bent tines of its whisk fit the bowl's shape perfectly, its Y-shaped paddle creamed quickly without allowing butter to bunch up in the crevices, and the model handled batches of stiff dough without flinching.