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- noun Plural form of
oar . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
oar .
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Examples
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"The sweep of those oars is English, Jack, my boy."
A Rock in the Baltic Robert Barr 1881
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In the fourth century B.C., an Athenian trireme carried a set of thirty spare oars, which is a sign of how common shattered oars were.
The Battle of Salamis Barry Strauss 2004
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In the fourth century B.C., an Athenian trireme carried a set of thirty spare oars, which is a sign of how common shattered oars were.
The Battle of Salamis Barry Strauss 2004
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Meanwhile, he rowed on, with long, leisurely strokes; and the lapping of the water round the oars was the only sound to be heard.
Maurice Guest 2003
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Beneath it, suspended by cables that appeared no thicker than gossamer, dangled a structure like a boat with many short oars; Silk's lungs had filled and emptied before he realized that the oars were the barrels of guns, and half a minute crept by before he made out the blood-red triangle on its bottom.
Calde of the Long Sun Wolfe, Gene 1994
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Beneath it, suspended by cables that appeared no thicker than gossamer, dangled a structure like a boat with many short oars; Silk's lungs had filled and emptied before he realized that the oars were the barrels of guns, and half a minute crept by before he made out the blood-red triangle on its bottom.
Calde of the Long Sun Wolfe, Gene 1994
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Those on the oars were a combination of slaves and free men working for hire.
The Eternal Mercenary Sadler, Barry 1980
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Lost in the sound of the oars was the last farewell of the Pilgrims.
Narrative and Lyric Poems (first series) for use in the Lower School O. J. Stevenson
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The wind was favorable, and I had thought to tow them back under sail; but the wind baffled, then died away, and our progress with the oars was a snail's pace.
Chapter 36 1904
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The wind was favourable, and I had thought to tow them back under sail, but the wind baffled, then died away, and our progress with the oars was a snail's pace.
The Sea Wolf Jack London 1896
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