paddling

• While some national education groups haven't taken a position on paddling, the national PTA believes paddling should be banned everywhere. —  coshoctontribune.com - Local News
• When they got within a short distance of the schooner they ceased paddling, and no signs we could make would induce them to come alongside. —  The Cruise of the Dainty Rovings in the Pacific
• The Indians were only to attend to the paddling, and as the men in the canoe that succeeded in securing the greatest load were to receive, in addition to their wages, a flannel shirt apiece they all keenly entered into the spirit of the expedition All was needed in each boat for this kind of fishing was a good gun and a gaff hook with a long handle. —  Three Boys in the Wild North Land
• A dinner of venison, bear's meat, and ducks was ready for them, and after the score of miles of paddling--for the boys always insisted on each doing his share--they were all, with good appetites, ready to do ample justice to the hunter's fare As the anticipated sport would be exciting, and was generally considered to be more successful in the forenoons, it was decided to keep quiet that afternoon and evening. —  Three Boys in the Wild North Land
• As to paddling, he thought of that no more; paddling was exhausted, and his board was useless. —  Lost in the Fog

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