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oars

[ awrz, ohrz ]

interjection

Nautical.
  1. (used as a command to the crew of a scull or other similar boat to cease rowing and hold the oars horizontal with blades feathered.)


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Example Sentences

We have no oars to steer, no one who knows how and millions of voters still think it’s a cheap thrill ride at a waterpark.

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You must know that his sword was as wide as the oars of a boat and could cut down a galloping warhorse.

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Next, using that remarkable, newly discovered tool, his rodent teeth, he made two long oars, or sweeps, which he placed in notches he had gnawed out for oarlocks.

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While some might see the ferry as a small rowing boat with oars made of pine, Mr Truman sees it as a vital part of the area's heritage.

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Pods of dolphins accompanied them now and then, arcing and sometimes spinning in the air, their splashes and the oars the only sounds in the stillness.

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