| 单词 | oar |
| 例句 | “Few come this far, and those who do fill their holds with silk and spice from the Jade Sea, then bend their oars for home.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Ged's spirits lifted with the first lifting of the forty long oars, and the drumbeat that kept the stroke made a brave music to him. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z The oars lifted, expanding into aerial blades with a sound like ninety umbrellas opening at once, and the Argo II rose into the sky. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Lord Vdaryon's shining Pride of Driftmark was trying to turn, but the demon ran a lazy green finger across her silvery oars and they flared up like so many tapers. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I rowed with weak arms, watching my hands to make sure I kept hold of the oars, for I could not feel my grip. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z When it was too dark to be sure of her direction, she brought the oar inside and wriggled down between the baskets of food. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They could not dress more than twenty ships abreast, lest they risk tangling their oars and colliding with each other. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They each took an oar and paddled out to join the bustling traffic on one of the main canals. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z In fact, the buoyancy of the life jackets was such that they pushed the oars and the lifebuoy right out of the water. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He had a fishing net on his shoulder and held a pair of oars and a big flashlight. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Its white sails looked no bigger than postage stamps, its ninety oars like toothpicks. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I may lose so much line that I will lose him, if he makes his effort and the drag made by the oars is in place and the boat loses all her lightness. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they jumped in and dislodged the oars from the rack, using them to guide the boat into water deep enough that it began to float and they could start the motor. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z They flailed at their oars, digging them too deep in the water or too shallow, out of time with one another, angry and desperate to catch up, losing all semblance of form. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z In the dream I’m adrift on the current in a leaky boat in the dark of night and can’t find my oars and can’t see the shore and can’t do nothing to save myself. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Meg, in the other boat, was delightfully situated, face to face with the rowers, who both admired the prospect and feathered their oars with uncommon ‘skill and dexterity’. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z The figure, dimly seen in lamplight, pulled one oar free of the lock and suspended it above my hands, prepared to do violence to my grasping fingers. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z We rowed in shifts, taking turns at the oars to stave off exhaustion, though I felt so strong that for nearly an hour I refused to give them up. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “Keep your eyes open,” he said, and bent back to the oars, trying to get the stern steady and the bow pointed to the island. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z He drifted along with the grannies, pulling his oar slowly through the inky water while his heart raced like a speedboat motor. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Then the master's roar was “Open ports!” and the great oars shot rattling out, fifteen to a side. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Then a little later, “Watch out the oar doesn’t pop you in the tummy.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z One hundred Oompa-Loompas rested on their oars and stared up at the visitors. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z The sound was like the beating of a great slow heart, and the oars moved at every stroke, a hundred men pulling as one. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He rowed, the faint sound of his oars lost in the rhythm of the waves. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z And only reluctantly did they find themselves going back to the dory, getting in, and each taking an oar. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z At the beginning of the stroke, the “catch,” he dropped the blade of his oar into the water and leaned his torso back hard, toward the bow, keeping his back ramrod straight. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “This one’s even got seats and oars,” Dallas said. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z He learned how to make oars, how to improve the boat and to make baskets. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z I strapped the life jacket that had been attached to the footrest oar to the base of the mast. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Thor took the other set of oars, and they began to row together. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Ged drew the oars up rattling in their locks, and that noise was terrible, for there was no other sound. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z When I had finished I lashed the oar in a vertical position to the inside of one of the corners of the raft, flat part, the masthead, rising in the air, handle disappearing underwater. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z All eight American oars dug into the water. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Percy threw the golden mask aboard the vessel, which was now sinking even faster, brown fizzy liquid spewing out the trireme’s oar slots and bubbling from the cargo hold, turning the sea frothy brown. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z They rowed in a much smaller shell, just fifty-two feet long, with short oars and small blades, all designed to accommodate their smaller bodies. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z But soon he sits in the back of the boat, grasping an oar. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z After some thought, I decided to transform the fifth oar, the footrest oar, into a mast of sorts. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Four or five strokes into the race, Gordy Adam and Stub McMillin “washed out,” their oars popping out of the water before they had completed their pulls. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He was starting to reach for the oar when something heavy and bony slammed into him from above, knocking him down into the bottom of the boat. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z The crew were on their feet briskly, to furl the sail, and stow it; then, each in place, they poised the smooth oar blades and sent the white foam scudding by. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I use the oars to turn the skiff around so I can stand in the bow, which makes it easier to throw and not get tangled up in the rope. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z On that day he had stood beside the rail, listening to the stroke of the oars and the pounding of the master's drum while he watched Pyke dwindle in the distance. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z In the corners of the room, dozens of yellow- spruce oars stood on end, each ten to twelve feet long and tipped with a white blade. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I row a steady pace toward the scarecrow, listening to the rhythmic squeak of the oar sockets that complain with each stroke. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I lifted the oar in the air and I shoved its handle into this looseness, into this lifesaving detail. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Simultaneously, he pulled the oar toward his chest against the resistance of the water, throwing all the strength of his combined arm, back, and leg muscles into the stroke. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “I’ll lash the two oars together across the stem and that will slow him in the night,” he said. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He picked up the oar and jabbed the wide end of it into Pong's chest, hard enough that it knocked him backward into a seat. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z For the boys still competing for a spot on the freshman crew, the deteriorating weather meant new forms of misery as they labored at their oars aboard Old New. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z With the other hand he moved the oar to bring the boat right up against the planks. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z But the demands of rowing are such that every man or woman in a racing shell depends on his or her crewmates to perform almost flawlessly with each and every pull of the oar. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I glanced up, startled, and our eyes met in that way that eyes will, and we looked at each other for a moment, the boat wobbling around us and the lost oar forgotten. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z At the bend of the creek I shut off the outboard and get out the oars. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z But he did not say it in words and started to make a new oar. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z “But it will do no good. I have the two oars and the tiller and the short club.” The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The Argo II veered left, its aerial oars slashing through the clouds like rows of knives. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I can feel the huge weight of the fish fighting the oars. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Only thing, I can’t cut the rope because my hands are lashed to the oars. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z When they finally stopped rowing in the iron-cold dark of late afternoon and returned to the dock, they had to chip ice off the oarlocks to get the oars out. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I lifted it out of the water and put the oar through its hole. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I ran out the pier under the staring lamps, hopped into the boat, untied the painter, shipped the oars, and rowed out onto the swelling harbor-water where the lights slipped and dazzled on black waves. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Her oars left a long white wake behind her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He shipped his oars and brought a small line from under the bow. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Tyrion saw one great fool of a knight trying to ride across, urging a terrified horse over gunwales and oars, across tilting decks slick with blood and mAlmg with green fire. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Long before sunset, Nhamo was too exhausted to row, so she brought the oar inside and stretched out with Aunt Chipo’s scarf over her head. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z That, stirred with languid pulses of the oar, New Word-Analysis 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z She seemed to lose control of the oars, and her mouth fell open in shock. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Three banks of robotic oars dipped into the water and began moving them forward. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He found an oar lying along the bottom of the boat and used it to deflect the canoe off the rocks. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Piper relayed their commands to Coach Hedge, who was hanging over the side of the ship, banging out dents in the oars. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Then he leapt to the oars and rowed mightily to his friend, and catching Ged's arms helped and hauled him up over the side. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z I opened the lid till it fell against the crosswise oar and the edge of the tarpaulin. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I held the oars up and we sailed with them. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z As boys suited up and hoisted oars in and out of the racks, there was little of the usual banter and joshing. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Or a shark to lunge and bite right through the life jackets and oars. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The eastern boys at least were at their oars, while his sat cooped up in a shell house, staring out the windows at some of the best rowing water in the world. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Let me have a go at the oars before you melt away.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Eight long spruce oars bowed in the water ten times. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Still, the man had adult muscles and was plying the oars with determination. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The sea was full of sound: shouts and calls, warhorns and drums and the trill of pipes, the slap of wood on water as thousands of oars rose and fell. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The men rowing the boats struck at their hands with the oars, but they would not let go. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The lovely voices in ardor appealing over the water made me crave to listen, and I tried to say ‘Untie me!’ to the crew, jerking my brows; but they bent steady to the oars. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The night had been black and gray as the fog crept over the rowboat, winding along her arms as she strained at the oars. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The sophomores seemed to get smoother with every pull of the oar, and they had been closing fast at the end of that third mile. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Rado’s dinghy had no oars, and we were already too far from shore to swim—not that either of us was eager to jump in. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z She opened her arms for Lefty, who twisted around, chafing his knees and elbows, dislodging oars, nearly setting off a flare, until finally he fell into her softness, swooning. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Already he could sense it weakening when he dipped the oars into the water. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Thor was carrying them on his back: boat, oars, Hymir, and whales, carrying them along the shingle at the edge of the sea. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Bobby Moch recalled, “You couldn’t hear anything except for the oars going in the water ... it’d be a ‘zep’ and that’s all you could hear ... the oarlocks didn’t even rattle on the release.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Lash my left hand to the left oar and tie the rope with a good knot. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I wove the lifebuoy’s rope through the life jackets, around the oars, in and out of the lifebuoy—all round the raft—as yet another precaution against the raft breaking into pieces. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The oars extended with a sound like machine-gun fire, and the Argo II turned from the dock, heading for the island in the distance. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Then we heaped his barrow, lifting a gravestone on the mound, and fixed his light but unwarped oar against the sky. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Even Swordfish was closing, lumbering and rolling through a thickening sea under both oars and sail. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Only other noise is me getting out the oars. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Those forty oars carried the ship over a hundred and fifty miles of wintry sea before sunset of the second day out from Serd. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z The oars creaked and groaned, and Piper felt the ship lift into the air. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Gene Berkenkamp and the rest of the Cal boys leaned into their oars and took the prescribed ten extra- hard pulls. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The port oars went crazy, chopping up and down and doing the wave. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He sat in the back of the rowboat trailing his hand in the cold wake while his uncle bent to the oars. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Once I get to where the jetty starts, I turn off the motor and get out the oars. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z When the fish stops moving I get out the oars and work the skiff as close as I can. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The galley skimmed the water like a dragonfly, her oars rising and falling in perfect time. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I’m shaking so bad I can barely hang on to the oar. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Before that happens he dips his hands in the cold water and freezes them to the oar handles so he can’t let go. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The shell was a speck now, the oars catching the sun in spaced glints, as if the hull were winking itself along him along. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Hazel watched as it snapped off half a dozen oars. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I missed and lost hold of the oar. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Before the Rod & Gun Club was out of sight, Grandma had regained control of the oars. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The trashman used his oar to turn the boat down a canal that led away from the main flow of the river. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z The figure made to strike us with his oar. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Not another word was uttered as the men pulled harder on their oars. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z He drives us all back down below, threatening to beat us boys with an oar if we don’t hurry. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z I could see Catherine in the stern but I could not see the water where the blades of the oars dipped. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z I didn’t have a stick or an oar to propel the raft, but the rotted thing jerked into motion by itself, floating slowly at first, then picking up speed. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z We pile in as many men and goods as we can, and then the sailors take to the oars and row to shore. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z But if I had, and could have lashed it to an oar butt, what a weapon. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The former slid her starboard oars out of the way before impact, but Sceptre's portside oars snapped like so much kindling as Kingslander raked along her side. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She tried to breathe deeply, to focus on the lights of the Ketterdam harbor disappearing behind them and the steady splash of the oars in the water. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I pushed the oar in as far as it would go. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I expected to find the usual boat store, dirty and dusty with disuse, ropes and blocks and oars upon the floor. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Once, I reached out, feeling a warm presence, but I near tipped the boat over and had to grab for the oar before it slid away. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z She tied her dress-cloth as best she could while lying down in the boat, untied the rope, and pushed herself away with the oar. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Ged said, “Take down the sail,” and Vetch did so quickly, while Ged unlashed the oars and set them in the locks and bent his back to rowing. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z “As you know, this is county fair week,” Mrs. Weidenbach said, “the annual opportunity for oar small community to make its mark.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z "Can we keep them on those oars for a few years, see how they fancy it?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Sixteen years ago, the sails had cracked and snapped with every shift of wind, until he'd pulled them down and gone on with muffled oars. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z There was little sound out in the middle of the river, except for Moch’s chanting, the rattle of oars in oarlocks, their own deep rhythmic breathing, and their pulses pounding in their ears. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The speed of a racing shell is determined primarily by two factors: the power produced by the combined strokes of the oars, and the stroke rate, the number of strokes the crew takes each minute. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z And Ran Laurie handled the stroke oar an awful lot like Don Hume. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z A weathered little inn sat on the end of the stone pier where Black Betha, Wraith, and Lady Marya shared mooring space with a half-dozen other galleys of one hundred oars or less. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z With eight oarsmen in the boat, oars would have to enter and exit the water cleanly more than twenty-four hundred times. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z For two hours they made steady progress at the oars, and then Shackleton judged the way clear enough to hoist sail. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z He had no means to pay for passage, though, nor was he made to pull an oar. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It was an oar handie from a broken oar sawed off to about two and a half feet in length. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The boy holding the oar would either be smacked hard in the chest and knocked out of his seat or, if he held on to the oar too long, be catapulted unceremoniously into the water. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I get out and cross the dock and make my way back to the settlement and search around till I find a piece of wood flat enough to use as an oar. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Tuck climbed in, too, pushing off, and, settling the oars into their locks, dipped them into the silty bottom in one strong pull. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z There was nothing else, only the oar, the water, the deck. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I held on to the oar, I just held on, God only knows why. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The boys stopped rowing and the shell glided to a stop, the long oars trailing in the water alongside them. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Terrified and screaming, civilians and German soldiers tumbled and leaped into the icy water, grabbing for chairs, oars, life vests. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z She jammed an oar into the bank to push us off. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The oar I intended to use as a club floated. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He fully expected to see Don Hume pitch forward over his oar at any moment. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I pulled myself up and wrapped my legs around the oar. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z And while they were down there the rope came loose and they drifted out to sea and got stranded with no oars. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z He made his decking fast to close-set ribs before he closed the side with longer planking, then cut a mast pole, and a proper yard, and shaped a steering oar to hold her steady. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Herold dipped the blades of the oars deep and pulled hard. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It was easy enough to rig a shell so the oars sat a little too close to the water and easy enough to pull a leisurely oar but make it look hard. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She attempted to paddle in the afternoon, but the oar threatened to slip out of her fingers. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I nod and pretend to study the oar, but the truth is, I can’t tell where it broke. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z It pierced the ship’s hull and exploded inside, sending spouts of fire through the oar openings. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z As the temperature sank below zero, the men took turns at the oars to keep warm. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z The California oars bent like bows with the strain, and for those ten strokes the boys from Cal held their position. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z While technique is still important in those seats, the speed of the boat ultimately depends on the raw power of these rowers and how efficiently they transmit it through their oars and into the water. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Drums began to beat furiously, oars rose and fell, and Black Betha surged forward. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Under the tarp was an old steel rowboat with no oars. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z From waters so cold that ice formed on the blades of the oars as the surfmen raced to save them. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z The raft sank lower and pitched and rolled, the tips of the oars dipping underwater, but it floated robustly. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z She grasped the oar and was swept with another fit of dizziness. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z A big brown night moth fluttered out from under the oar blades propped beside her on the seat, and wobbled off toward nowhere through the fragrant air. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z "You got your oar in the water quickly." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Orders whispered sharp and quiet—boats hauled back onto their racks, oars put away, all of it carefully dried off with dust sheets, which we hid beneath the floorboards afterward. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Longships filled the sea, sails furled and oars shipped, floating at anchor or run up on the pale sand shore. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The night was warm and the sea calm, and for a few minutes I lost myself in the pleasant rhythm of oars slapping water. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z I decide I’d rather be beaten with an oar than sit in the dark ’tween deck waiting to be devoured by sea monsters. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z As one, sixty oars lifted from the river, then reversed and backed water. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z We brushed the oars and hulls lightly with handfuls of ancient straw from the stables, leaving a fine layer of dust over everything. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z In the middle of the creek, I brought the oars inside the boat and let the boat drift. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Had I considered my prospects in the light of reason, I surely would have given up and let go of the oar, hoping that I might drown before being eaten. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The men had to sit awkwardly on crates and packing cases in order to dig their oars into the water at the proper angle. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z There I must plant my oar, on the very spot, with burnt offerings to Poseidon of the Waters: a ram, a bull, a great buck boar. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z A man came to take Ged's place at the oar, sending him to the ship’s master in the bow. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z George Yeoman Pocock was all but born with an oar in his hands. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The men poled the chunks away with their oars as well as they could, but the danger of being “holed” by ice was too great. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z The boys leaned into their oars and took it up, but Bolles didn’t even bother to look at his stopwatch. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Between the flashing oars of Sceptre and Faithful, Davos saw a thin line of galleys drawn across the river, the sun glinting off the gold paint that marked their hulls. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z As I dragged each oar out—you can imagine how carefully—he stirred in reaction. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I nodded gratefully and let her switch into the oar seat, but twenty minutes later I asked for it back again. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z I unhooked the handle from the seat, laid the umbrella in the bow and went back to Catherine for the oar. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z He pointed with his new sword, out to where the green flames were licking at Seaflower's golden hull and creeping up her oars. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z If Richard Parker appeared, it would be more awkward to drop from the oar, but one terror at a time, Pacific before tiger. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I turned the last oar into a footrest, lashing it on one side of the raft, about two feet from the lifebuoy, and tying the remaining life jacket to it. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Davos used the oars to slow them, and they drifted against it almost gently. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The Cal frosh fairly skimmed over the water, their oars coming well clear of the waves between strokes and digging cleanly into them on the catch at the beginning of each stroke. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z When Moch resorted to that one, Ulbrickson said, “the boys get so hot they have to wrap asbestos around their oar handles to keep the boat from burning up.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Now she was putting up the oars and standing in the boat. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z She perched now on the stern of our boat, watching the sanctuary she’d created slip away, more lost with every oar stroke. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Their hands grew so numb that they could never be sure they had a proper hold on their oars. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z What I got to do is somehow keep my hands from slipping off the oars. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The tunnels then are storm-sewers, and the spaces between buildings become canals or lakes, on which the people of Rer boat to their business, fending off small ice-floes with the oars. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Robb sat in the bow with Grey Wind, his hand resting on his direwolf's head as the rowers pulled at their oars. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z So while the bow oarsman must be strong, like all the others, it’s most important that he or she be technically proficient: capable of pulling a perfect oar, stroke after stroke, without fail. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z From a hatch by the steering wheel Scipio pulled out a dinghy and two oars. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Nhamo took the oar and began to paddle against the flow, first on one side, then the other, as she had seen Crocodile Guts do. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I pulled in the oars, took hold of an iron ring, stepped up on the wet stone and was in Switzerland. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z "Strength is not enough. A longship's oars must move as one if you would have her best speed. Choose men who have rowed together before, if you're wise." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But I will try it as long as I have the oars and the short club and the tiller. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I went back to the stern and showed her how to hold the oar. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Then she dipped the oars once again into the dark water. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z He flailed at his oars, George noted, “like a bewildered crab.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Pocock’s cedar shells and spruce oars were by now understood across America to be unsurpassed for craftsmanship, durability, and, most important, speed on the water. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I pulled in the oars and lay back on the seat. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z The oar handle pushed up against the tarpaulin, but tarpaulin, rope and oar held. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z She rowed very well but the oars were too long and bothered her. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Thalia pulled me aside as we were getting the oars. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z At each corner I made ten knots and still I worried that the oars would come apart. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The boatman pulled on one oar to turn the boat a little to the left. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Macklin, too, lost a mitten, and his hand turned white with frostbite on his oar. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Olive sat opposite but was no help; the tiny girl couldn’t pull the oars without pushing herself up into the air, where a stray gust of wind might send her flying away like a kite. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The oars bit into the black water, and the boat shot ahead. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z But the greatest paradox of the sport has to do with the psychological makeup of the people who pull the oars. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I thought of the prow I had made with an oar. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z We used the oars as paddles, now, perched on either side of the boat; but the hull would not support us for long. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z But most of the boats were silent except for the dip of the oars. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I was alone and orphaned, in the middle of the Pacific, hanging on to an oar, an adult tiger in front of me, sharks beneath me, a storm raging about me. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z We clambered down to the transports, and with mouths set and oars in our hands, we faced the docks and the enemy. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Turner took the oars without thought and kept the tender moving into the waves. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z The Argo II set down in the grassy field and the oars retracted. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It is too dangerous to rig the oars as a drag if you must sleep. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He motioned for Turner to step in, then used an oar to shove the dory back into the New Meadows, flat against the waves but steady enough. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Behind Davos and his sons came another line of hundreds commanded by knights and lordly captains, and then the smaller, slower Myrish contingent, none dipping more than eighty oars. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But however long it was, he saw that the dory had not drifted out much from the shore lights, and that now, as he pulled steadily on the oars, the lights really were coming closer. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z To the young Gatz, resting on his oars and looking up at the railed deck, the yacht represented all the beauty and glamor in the world. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Can’t hardly tell where my arms end and the oars begin. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The old man wiped the blade of his knife and laid down the oar. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Davos reeled off commands, one bank of oars pushed off while the other backed water, and the galley came about. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She picked up an oar from the bottom of the boat. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Finally, I resolved the problem by driving an oar, handle first, deep into the algae and tethering the boat to it. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The gulls circled them like feathered halos, until Turner shipped his oars and let the swells carry him. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Hugh manned the oars opposite me, and behind him, at the bow, sat Emma, her eyes hidden beneath the brim of a sun hat, head bent toward a map spread across her knees. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Their oars slapped against wind-tossed waves, sending up plumes of icy spray that blew back into their faces and stung their eyes. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I heard a splashing sound as an oar dipped into water. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Then he glides away, dipping his long oars into the water so smooth and soft, it makes me wish I could be rowing, too, out on the creek in the dark, rowing away from everything. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The Count in his box, then, was on a river in an open boat—propelled probably either by oars or poles, for the banks are near and it is working against stream. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z I reveled in long ships with oars; I loved polished lances, arrows in the skirmish, the shapes of doom that others shake to see. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z For every stroke of the oars it pulled back harder. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z They shoved their oars into the water again and, with land in sight, found strength they didn’t know they had. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z A few of them sauntered along the dock, bending over to hoist long, yellow-spruce oars, getting the feel of them, contemplating their considerable heft. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He was swinging upside down off the starboard rail, using his massive strength and his flexible feet to hang on while he untangled some broken oars. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I eased the oar from under the tarpaulin. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “Or chain us to an oar, beside those wretches we were smelling. We need to find a better class of smuggler, I think.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z His men used their oars to push free of the barge, while others turned the galley so her prow faced the onrushing White Hart. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z At the quarter-mile mark the number seven man in the Cal boat did just that, and all four oars on the starboard side came almost to a halt while they reset. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Quickly, I drew back on the oars so I could escape without her. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z So she lifted and lowered the oar, watching the icy water fall in clear droplets from the blade, and soon the fortress loomed large ahead of her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Once free, she took the oar, as she had seen Crocodile Guts do many times, and pushed herself away from shore. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I had no means of controlling where I was going—no rudder, no sails, no motor, some oars but insufficient brawn. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Will’s arm was strong around her, but he, too, was looking ahead, trying to peer through the wet gray gloom and to hear anything other than the dank splash of the oars. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z As the freshmen of 1933 flailed at their oars in the first few days, Tom Bolles and Al Ulbrickson strode up and down Old Nero’s walkway in gray flannel suits and fedoras. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Might work. But then you’ve got a five-million-kilo turtle carcass blocking the entrance to the straits. If we can’t fly with the oars broken, how do we get the ship out?” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z For The Count of Monte Cristo, they flushed toilets in the studio bathroom to imitate oars splashing into the sea. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z I pull the oars back, lifting up water, splashing it down. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z The one gay sail had a Cross Potent on it, while an enormous streamer floated from the top of the mast There were eight oars, and the two passengers were seasick. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The grappling lines were cut, and Davos felt the deck move under his feet as Black Betha pushed free of White Hart Her oars slid down into the water. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I reached for one of the oars I had salvaged from the wrecked raft. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z If you can help your lifeboat get broadside to the waves by other means, with an oar for example, apply yourself right away. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z There comes a time when those who have been in control too long become satisfied to rest on their oars and boast of their past achievements. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z On one wall hung several oars of varying length. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Afterward he put their crews to death as well, saving only the slaves chained to the oars. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Theoretically the stroke oar always rows at the rate and with the degree of power called for by the coxswain, but in the end it is the stroke who ultimately controls these things. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z As the oar came to his chest, and with his back inclined about fifteen degrees toward the bow, he reached the full extent of his “layback.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z They handed him an oar to steer with. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It was Swordfish, her two banks of oars lifting and falling. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Sometimes I missed the water with the oars in the dark as a wave lifted the boat. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z The ship now drifting under the island lee, Telemakhos’ companions took in sail and mast, unshipped the oars and rowed ashore. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z With bated breath I closed the locker and reached beneath the tarpaulin for the extra oars on the side benches. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The American boat drifted on down the lake, beyond the grandstands, into a quieter world, the boys leaning over their oars, gasping for breath, their faces still shattered by pain. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z It was pulled up arid tied to a tree, and the oars were shipped in the wet bottom, beside a long pole with a steel hook at the end. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z But all that he was able to find was an oar, a box of rations, and more rapids. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z They were knifing their oars into the water rather than digging into it. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I sneak up on deck so often my back is sore from being smacked with that oar. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z A soldier tumbled over Cat's gunwale, cradled off the oars, and sank. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z When the white blade of his oar entered the black water, it merely murmured. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Straining to move the oars through thick water, then lift the oars up, then down. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Ulbrickson, a former stroke oar—one of the best Washington had ever known—was tall, well built, and notably handsome. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z But the story of the steam-powered boat is based on a misunderstanding: Papin had built a boat powered neither by sail nor oars, and the boat was indeed destroyed. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The team effort—the perfectly synchronized flow of muscle, oars, boat, and water; the single, whole, unified, and beautiful symphony that a crew in motion becomes—is all that matters. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I tightly lashed the four oars where they met. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z They fidgeted in their seats, subtly adjusting their grips on the oars, shifting their weight, adjusting angles, trying to keep their muscles from knotting up and freezing in place. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He fitted the rope lashings of the oars onto the thole pins and, leaning forward against the thrust of the blades in the water, he began to row out of the harbour in the dark. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The British were coming back, but once again Ran Laurie, with his narrow-bladed oar, was having a difficult time getting enough of a catch to help power his shell through the wind and waves. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z They were hateful sharks, bad smelling, scavengers as well as killers, and when they were hungry they would bite at an oar or the rudder of a boat. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I dug at the water with the oars, then waved one hand. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z She tried to be her “right on” Marva Hendrix self, but she looked like she was set adrift in a small boat without an oar, searching around for help. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z She made for the island, and when her oar struck bottom, she jumped out and dragged the craft onto shore. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The droplets of water falling from the blade of the oar were tiny stars, extinguished as quickly as they burned into being. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He saw many other ships as well: fishing boats, lumbering merchantmen, proud galleys with their oars lashing the waves into white foam. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I doubted the usefulness of these oars as a means of propulsion. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I slid down the oar and shifted back onto the bow. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Only then will the boat continue to run, unchecked, fluidly and gracefully between pulls of the oars. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z They scrambled to their places by the rowlocks and all in line dipped oars in the grey sea. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Their oars were crossed, their hulls locked together with grappling lines, they were impaled on each other's rams, tangled in webs of fallen rigging. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Three oars rested on one side bench, one rested on the other and one made up my life-saving prow. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The old man reversed the oar and put the blade between the shark’s jaws to open them. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z It contained only four soldiers, each manning an oar. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z And Nina can stop your heart before you’ve taken hold of the oars, he reminded himself. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z But now the tarpaulin was unrolled at the bow; there was nothing to hold the oar in place. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z She dipped two hundred oars and mounted the largest ram in the fleet, though Davos had grave doubts about her captain. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He pushed off, and the sound of his slow oar strokes faded away in the mist. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z But Siddhartha knew what his friend was thinking —probably that the boy would have thrown the oar away or broken it out of revenge and to prevent their following him. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z She boasted sixty oars, a single sail, and a long lean hull that promised speed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I spent the entire day perched on the oar, moving only as much as was necessary to stay balanced. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z With no spare oars, they were forced to stop, chop down a tree, and make new ones. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z He was less than an oar’s length away from her. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z At Putney he slipped his boat into the water, leaned deep into his oars, and over the course of three heats defeated a field of fifty- eight oarsmen. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Half the ship’s oars were broken off or tangled. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Out on the Blackwater, three of the king's war galleys moved in formation, gold-painted hulls splitting the water'as their oars rose and fell. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z And I had no proof that hanging at the end of an oar provided real safety from Richard Parker. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I pushed myself away on the oar till only the tips of my feet were holding on to the boat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He could hear the sailors calling to each other as they worked the oars. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z She turned the boat with one oar, and with the smooth movements of one who knew how, she began to row slowly back to the island. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z The oars were long and there were no leathers to keep them from slipping out. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Then he took up the oar with the knife lashed to it. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I can do that a little later and lash the oars to make a drag at the same time. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z When Black Betha reversed her oars, the river rushed into the splintered hole she left, and Lady’s Shame fell to pieces before his eyes, spilling dozens of men into the river. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Bono rowed, for his were the oars; and at each draw upon them, water spilled into the dinghy, the lip being so close to the surface of the river. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Somehow his hand found the splintered end of a broken oar. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A half- seen finger of rock came rushing up out of the gloom, snarling foam, and Davos barely kept them off it with an oar. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She has already run her hands over its contents many times: a wooden oar nailed to a wall, a window dressed with long curtains. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z They struggled forward against a hard current, sometimes seeming to stand still despite their straining at the oars. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Sceptre had lost most of her oars, and Faithful had been rammed and was starting to list. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It’s not just that the oars enter and leave the water at precisely the same instant. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He heard the splashing of the oars and he rushed toward the sound out into the sea. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I cough and sweat and tremble but I’m not letting go of the oar. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z She brought the oar down again on that angel face. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z His uncle turned the boat and shipped the oars and they drifted over the sandy shallows until the transom grated in the sand. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z All that was left of it were two tied oars and the life jacket between them. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The American boys were only a length off the pace but still out in the widest part of the lake, bucking the relentless, punishing winds, spray flying from their oars with every release. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The gondels and oars had been pushed up against the walls. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It felt good to stretch the muscles in her back and arms, to lean back and then pull forward against the oars. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The water was like glass, and in it were little insects with oars. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z She could hear the cries of the seabirds above and the rhythmic splash of the oars as the rowers carried them away from her land and closer to the huge ship waiting for them. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The rower was manipulating his oars to keep the boat still on the water. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “There are some people who leave impressions not so lasting as the imprint of an oar upon the water.” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z "Well, I know which end of the oar goes in the sea, and there's no one better with ropes and knots." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But then Kaede reached down into the boat and lifted out a long oar, dipping it into the azure sea to propel the small craft away from the shore. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He ignored it, focused instead on the oar in his hands, pulling hard and pulling smoothly, rowing comfortably, almost without pain. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Finally we stopped and put our oars down and waited in the doldrummy quiet, hoping it would pass; there was no use going any farther until it did. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z From the banks of Lake Carnegie, the boys, their oars, and the Husky Clipper looked like a single thing, gracefully and powerfully coiling and uncoiling itself, propelling itself forward over the surface of the water. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Heap up the mound there, and implant upon it the oar I pulled in life with my companions.’ The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Turner went back to the oars, turned the bow toward shore—it wasn’t hard in the long swells—and tried to row in again. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z The strongest were put at the oars and they rowed with all their might down the river to the sea. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z My motor has stalled, so I get out the oars and try to close the distance. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Henry and Camilla went out with me—Henry at the oars, his sleeves rolled to the elbow and his dark jacket on the seat beside him. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Finally my hands were so sore I could hardly close them over the oars. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z The old man let him hit the fish and then drove the knife on the oar down into his brain. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z We lift the oars out of the water and rest. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Great crews may have men or women of exceptional talent or strength; they may have outstanding coxswains or stroke oars or bowmen; but they have no stars. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He kept looking to westward, as often as he could in the heavy rhythm of pulling the oar. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z The Argo II veered to port, its aerial oars in motion, its sails catching the wind. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I brought the raft as close to the lifeboat as the protruding tips of the oars would allow. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Eight o’clock had struck before I got into the air, that was scented, not disagreeably, by the chips and shavings of the long-shore boat-builders, and mast, oar, and block makers. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z I tried to pull the oars into the boat then, but could not. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z ‘Men,’ I shouted, ‘man the oars and pull till your hearts break if you would put this butchery behind!’ The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Amos, as you know very well, I don’t care if that oar gets repaired this year or the next. I’ve plenty of oars.” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Ser Imry had decreed that they would enter the river on oars alone, so as not to expose their sails to the scorpions and spitfires on the walls of King's Landing. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z In lane four the Japanese fluttered rapidly out into the lead, whipping the water at nearly fifty strokes per minute with their short oars and short slides. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z We were not awarded with any comfortable view, for the launches put forth their oars and made their way back toward the ship. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z "Every man loves the shipwright's wife. He had bet-ter, lest he wants his ship to sink. If you need men to pull your oars, you could do worse than those three." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He shipped the oars and turned to face her. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z “You take this oar and hold it under your arm close to the side of the boat and steer and I’ll hold the umbrella.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z As they would soon have a powered boat out to come finish me off, I could not spend any more time hunched over my oars gasping. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z She had the oars in the locks, and they pulled the water with hardly a ripple. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The extra rope, ten feet or so, I looped around the footrest oar. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The wind was gusting from the south, but under oars it made no matter. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z There were six oarlocks, U-shaped notches in the gunnel for holding an oar in place, and five oars, since I had lost one trying to push Richard Parker away. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z No means of faring home are left him now; no ship with oars, and no ship’s company to pull him on the broad back of the sea. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z His oars entered and left the water noiselessly, broad, smooth puddles blooming in the dark water alongside his boat. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He knows his hands will soon get frostbite and then he won’t be able to grip the oars. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Put my hands to my face and realize my hands are bleeding and that’s what made ’em slip away from the oars. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I inched my way along the oar till my feet were against the bow of the boat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The two stroke oars cast off the stern hawsers and vaulted over the gunnels to their benches. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He got in and cast off, letting the tide take him out and away from the island, using the oars just enough to keep himself square to the swells. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z I brought both my legs to one side of the oar and placed my feet on the gunnel. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “I wish I had a stone for the knife,” the old man said after he had checked the lashing on the oar butt. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z A moment later, Don Hume pitched forward and collapsed across his oar. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z One guy showed Jule how to work the motor and how the oars fit on the edge of the boat, just in case you needed them. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I’d dropped an oar, and in the confusion of retrieving it I felt his fingertips brush in a casual yet deliberate fashion along my cheek near the jawbone. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z They rested on their oars, and Medea kneeling prayed to the hounds of Hades to come and destroy him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She was the largest war galley in the royal fleet, four hundred oars, the only warship the boy king owned capable erf overmatching Fury. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z There are lots of redbrick buildings, and a funny red tower, with red flapping oars at the top. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z My faithful company rested on their oars now, peeling off the wax that I had laid thick on their ears; then set me free. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Dicey shipped the oars and James pushed off. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z It also helped that he was strikingly good- looking and built like the oarsman he had been, the former stroke oar of a Washington crew that had won national championships in 1924 and 1926. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The sails were lowered hastily, and the men redoubled their efforts at the oars. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z It would be a dangerous move—unheard of really—more likely than not to confuse everyone with an oar in his hand, to throw the rhythm of the boat into utter chaos. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I pulled one of my oars from its lock and banged it against the overturned hull. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Booth sits in the back and dangles his oar in the water under the pretense of steering. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z But there was something peaceful about the rocking of the boat and the drone of the aerial oars as they scooped through the sky. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The men who were not rowing stamped their feet in time to help the rowers keep a steady rhythm with the oars. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z It meant there would be more resistance from the water, increased drag on the boat, and therefore more work for the boys with oars in their hands. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I stayed well out in the lake, rowing awhile, then resting and holding the oars so that the wind struck the blades. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Mosca wedged an oar against the wooden pier to stop the boat from rocking. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z On the next stroke, all eight of the Washington oars caught the water cleanly, perfectly, at once. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The ship creaked as it sailed through the Adriatic, its remaining oars still out of alignment from the giant turtle attack. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z We heard only his rowing and felt the advancement afforded by his strokes upon the oars. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I did not feather the oars because the wind was with us. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z By and large, every rower in an eight-oared shell does the same thing—pull an oar through the water as smoothly as possible, as hard and as frequently as requested by the coxswain. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z So Mormont had been chained to an oar, beaten within an inch of his life, starved, and branded. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The two of them are in the shed, studying a broken oar. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I reached and retrieved the remaining life jackets—six in all—and the last oar. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Along the bay, paddleboarders balance, pushing forward with oars while cormorants float around them. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z The winds had been against them much of the voy-age, and without the galley's oars they'd still be beating their way past the Fingers, instead of skimming toward King's Landing and journey's end. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z This gave it a kind of liveliness, a tendency to spring forward on the catch of the oars in a way that no other design or material could duplicate. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z In a new galley made by wrapping canvas around four oars stuck upright in the snow, Green kept the hot potato can stoked. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z He paddled desperately with the oar for the shore. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Call ran home to dinner, and I rowed back around the island as far as the South Gut, where I traded oars for the pole and poled the rest of the way home. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He imagined watching the oar drifting away out to the open bay and wondered how he would ever get across if that happened. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z He began to row with a frantic energy, the oars chewing raggedly at the water. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z At the two- mile mark, Morry barked out, “Way ’nuffi” and now two full lengths ahead of both other boats, the freshmen pulled up, let their oars ride the water, and coasted to a stop. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The wet oars winking him along in bright winks and female palms. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Silver oars propelled the craft, each stroke keeping time to the music of flutes and harps. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Now I’m watching me pull on the oars. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “I can lash my knife to the butt of one of the oars.” The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z After I was allowed to appreciate the oars on his walls, I was expelled with a prescription for a large bottle of white fluid to be taken after meals. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z When she tried to lift the oar, it slipped out of her hands and clattered to the bottom of the boat. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Without the dragon and Hazel’s horse to distract the archers, they never would have made it up the ladder; but finally they climbed past a row of broken aerial oars and onto the deck. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The Washington boys slid their seats forward, sank their white blades into the water, hunched over their oars, and stared straight ahead. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The oars flung up sprays of water with every stroke. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Facing the stern of the boat, each boy began with his chest bent over his knees, his arms stretched out in front of him, and both hands gripping the handle of his one long oar. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z We have our new intern there pulling at the oars. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Old Nero would keep going but the oar would not. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The Storm Dancer was his fourth ship, and his fastest, a two-masted galley of sixty oars. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He let go of an oar and reached his crooked hand up to the iron ring set in the post at the corner of the jetty. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The men leaning to the oars were pelted with bird droppings as they tried to accustom themselves to the new circumstances. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z The boys rowed with white knuckles and chattering teeth, their hands so cold they could hardly feel the oars, their feet throbbing with pain. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z And he picked up the oars and began singlehandedly to row them into deeper waters. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Fury herself would center the first line of battle, flanked by the Lord Steffon and the Stag of the Sea, each of two hundred oars. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They unclenched my hands from the oars, hauled me up out of the boat, and laid me out like a gutted blackfish on the deck of the patrol ship. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z My mother took one pair of oars and my fairly ancient half-brother took the other, and off we would go. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Woodwell has the broken oar clamped in a vise on his bench. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Maxine teaches him how to paddle properly, angling the oar and drawing it back through the still, gray water. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The oars are a good trick; but it has reached the time to play for safety. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “With no oars, and holes in the boat!” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z With the oars damaged and the foresail torn, Leo could barely manage a controlled descent. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z They racked their oars, hung their rowing clothes up to dry in a steam-heated locker in the shell house, dressed, and began the long trudge back up the hill to campus. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I ran the rope tightly into the notch, to prevent the oar from slipping down. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z All his gear is washed away, except for his oars. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z They untied their hawser, passing it through a drilled stone ring; then bent forward at the oars and caught the sea as one man, stroking. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Tyrion looked down upon the farewells from the high deck of King Robert’s Hammer, a great war galley of four hundred oars. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The exhausted rowers collapsed over the oars and were pulled aside by the other men, who took their places. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z The locks grated as the oars dipped and swung, but Miles was skillful. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The ship’s oars were already in aerial mode. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The truth and pain of waiting slapped me like oars. Modern Love: A World Away, a Wish Answered - Modern Love 2012-03-02T22:02:46Z You get the sense that, were he sent to review an Olive Garden, he would remark, in his opening paragraph, that the bread sticks reminded him of the oars on a trireme. A Father and Son Sail Through Homer’s ‘Odyssey’ Together 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z Guides maneuvered four inflatable rafts with oars while we just held on tight, sometimes screaming as if on a roller coaster. Older adventurers stay young at heart rafting the Grand Canyon’s rapids 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z Or row a boat with oars enough for only one? Best children’s books of 2015 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z At 37m long and with 80 oars, the longest Viking vessel ever found was located in a fjord - already known for its many sunken ships - on the Danish island of Zealand in 1997... Press views: Vikings exhibition 2014-03-04T13:47:28Z While one angler operated the oars, the other fished . . . or took in the scenery. A do-it-yourself fishing adventure on Alaska’s Kanektok River 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z The arms flail, the shoulders hunch; the extended leg bends and dangles like a broken oar. It’s hard to look like a swan when you’re doing a wolf turn 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z I just want to be one of two people in a boat, each with an oar, paddling in the same direction. Girls run the world, but should we have to? What writing a novel taught me about emotional labor 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z Collectors also need to watch out for walrus, elephant and hippopotamus ivory masquerading as whale parts, and forgers’ historically inaccurate renderings of ship sails, rigging and oars, Mr. Frank said. Antiques: Alva Smith Vanderbilt Belmont as Impulse Buyer 2010-05-06T20:50:00Z I gently prodded him with the blade of my oar, but he was beyond caring. Montana on my mind: It’s not just about the fish, really 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z Hoare said he and Smith were also thrown in at the deep end with only a week to learn some semblance of sculling - rowing with two oars rather than one. 'No 2012 ticket' jokes Matt Smith 2012-06-18T15:12:40Z We each had a beer as my mom recounted what we had seen and I explained the oars and the photographs on the walls. Rowing for Jesus, and other activities for a Parents’ Weekend abroad 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z Huey P Newton was rowing towards the Cuban coastline in a dinghy with only one oar when it capsized. How Hollywood feted the black power movement – and fell foul of the FBI 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z My hands were already blistering, I could tell; they smarted when I repositioned them on the oars. My father won’t read this, and that’s OK with me 2016-06-18T04:00:00Z The oars are carved from Popsicle sticks from the canteen; the sail was snipped from a sheet. No License Plates Here: Using Art to Transcend Prison Walls 2017-04-02T04:00:00Z Noting the boat’s oars, Mr. Bland said, “I think it’s so beautiful that he used shovels for oars, to represent the labor that is involved in getting here.” | Westchester: Federico Uribe’s Man-Made Nature, in Yonkers 2013-06-21T23:35:51Z Mr. Dreissigacker is a co-founder of Concept 2, which makes high-tech oars and indoor rowing machines that are found in fitness centers and homes around the world. Skiing Town to Town in a Magical Corner of Vermont 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z Surely the sea was eternal, going on forever, its vast prodigious bulk 71% of the earth’s surface, not to be contained within the frame of history or chained to the oars of death and time. I lost my virginity in a waterfront brothel 2013-06-03T15:32:00Z On the walls, there is ephemera from the history of rowing, including some vintage oars. Prep Is Everything at Rowing Blazers. But Is Prep Alone Enough? 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z A lone rower pulled at the oars of a single scull on the sparkling surface of Lake Carnegie, where Princeton University’s crew team practices. History and Nature on Delaware and Raritan Canal 2010-07-29T21:54:00Z And though we do not decide the outcome, the hands on those oars are ours; each stroke invites consequences. Melville’s Whale Was a Warning We Failed to Heed 2020-05-02T04:00:00Z Just over 36m in length, it was built to hold at least 100 men on 39 pairs of oars. Biggest Viking exhibition in 20 years opens – and this time they're angry 2013-06-19T15:13:55Z In the paddle raft, guests paddle on the guide’s command while the guide uses the oar as a rudder. On Idaho’s Middle Fork of the Salmon River, a family’s in the rafts and off the grid “They muffled their oars and rowed in the dark,” she added. Spare Times for Children for Aug. 21-27 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z We also worked on steering using leg and oar pressure. There’s much to know before you row 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z Antique oars line a wall; there’s scrimshaw in a chest, wooden boat models in display cases, books behind glass-paneled bookshelves. Animal penises’ amazing evolution 2012-06-12T15:40:00Z It means your oars are in the water. Jane Fonda Is Paying Close Attention 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z There, still shrouded in darkness, they can grab an oar, climb onto a boat and row through a man-made lake installed in the museum. What's on This Week Around the World 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z The magic started to pale even before they packed up their first child, their hunting rifles and mokoro oars in search of a quieter life in Wyoming. A river runs through it 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z After healing for a few months in his cabin, he returned to work as a third mate, hobbling on crutches and leaning on oars. In Maritime Logbooks, a Trove of ‘Extraordinary’ Imagery 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z An elderly lady in a boat hands Otto an oar and announces, “No word, row on.” Word Up! Three Picture Books and a Graphic Novel Celebrate the Power and Joy of Language 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z As if that weren’t sufficiently unjust, she is cast adrift on the sea in a boat without oars — her plight at the beginning of the play, directed by Cordero. ‘Magical Ecuador’ 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z She opened "Olympia" with aerial footage shot from a balloon and mounted cameras on boat seats, horse saddles and oars. 'Dietrich & Riefenstahl' raises questions of good and evil 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z He grabbed an oar, jumped into the canoe and goes downstream, around stuff, and over a log. How we made Deliverance 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z “I kept my oar in a little bit,” she said, by singing arias with orchestras and hosting the podcast “Aria Code.” With Her First Opera, Rhiannon Giddens Returns to Her Roots 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z Then I babbled, hoping someone would maybe stick an oar in just to shut me up. David Sedaris: The IHOP Years 2017-04-15T04:00:00Z That’s paddling, as in using an oar or just your hands to propel a small boat out of a relatively puny lake. Movie Review: In ‘Beneath,’ Young Partiers End Up Stranded in a Rowboat 2013-07-15T21:08:06Z The interior is later fitted with floorboards and seats; students also craft their oars by hand and finish the project by naming their boat and decorating it with paint. Maya Lin’s Dismantled ‘Ghost Forest’ to Be Reborn as Boats 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z In the water below, two men sculled up the river, their oars in unison, while up on the far bank an old man silently herded a dozen bony cattle. Explorer: Pyramids by the Nile. Egypt? No, Sudan. 2012-10-05T15:50:42Z Parker quotes an unnamed source joking, “He could come at me with an axe. Or an oar.” If the author of ‘Woman in the Window’ is a serial liar, can we still love his book? 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z Nancy and I sat astern, A.K. on a gunwale, as the boatman took his position in the bow and began to pull his oars. Captivated by the Ganges, a River of Souls 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z I joined the Learn to Row class at the Lake Washington Rowing Club on Lake Union, which starts beginners on sculling, or rowing solo with two oars. There’s much to know before you row 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z This time, I stood with seamen supporting me and waved an oar that held a cigarette tin. Experience: I survived 15 days adrift on a raft 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z But halfway through Season 1, it was clear this boat had no captain, just a lot of oars. ‘Friends’ Is Turning 25. Here’s Why We Can’t Stop Watching it. 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z Even the Coffee Girl shop has embraced the maritime aesthetic: its walls are hung with weathered wooden oars and orange-and-white buoys; a tattooed barista wore a bushy fisherman’s beard. Overnighter: Astoria, Oregon, Discovers a Waterfront Chic 2011-03-25T18:55:00Z Far more frequently, though, the dancing flows over, rather than with, the music’s beat: it’s a boat sailing steadily over the steady brisk pulse of engines or oars that propel it. Dance Review: Royal Ballet of Cambodia at Brooklyn Academy of Music 2013-05-03T22:54:41Z They said, together: “From one another once we are agreed, that life is only life forevermore, together wing to wing and oar to oar.” They Found a Way to Get Married 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z Mr. Binney, who wore waterproof black overalls and a tan cap with a sun-protective flap that hung over his neck like a fabric mullet, manned two wooden oars. Place 13 of 52: On the Water, and Off, the Rogue River in Oregon Charms 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z Next to the street clamor, the Ganges was deeply quiet, the swish of oars a ghostly whisper on the meandering river. Captivated by the Ganges, a River of Souls 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z I came to appreciate the stillness, broken up by the trill of birds and soft lapping of water against the wooden oars. Among the Majestic Trees in Congaree, Slipping Into Silence 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z In scull rowing, the athlete propels the boat by swinging two oars at the same time. The etymology of 15 weird and wonderful Olympic words 2021-08-07T04:00:00Z I discovered — too late — that a tour operator takes kayaks to the beach at night, which must be even more amazing as oars agitate the plankton. Isla Holbox, a Mexican island that retains its distinct small-town vibe 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z A.K. took over from the boatman, pulled the oars, then I signaled to him. Captivated by the Ganges, a River of Souls 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z At length, we located a boat shed and found a woman with a traditional conical hat and a big oar. Vietnam’s Empty Forests 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z I imagined the water might be still, the boat rocking under a gray sky, my fellow crew members hunched over their heavy oars. Animal penises’ amazing evolution 2012-06-12T15:40:00Z At one point, he silently led me beneath a gargantuan mangrove and pointed with his oar under a limb before dozens of bats set off toward us. In Paradisiacal Nicaragua, Contemplating a Canal 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z Stepan rowed with huge angry swipes of the oars, making great progress until he was swamped by a passing motorboat. A family farm’s Russian invasion After breaking his oar, the original Mr. Olympia goes looking for a replacement, eventually ripping a full-grown pine tree from the ground, roots and all. ‘Jason and the Argonauts’: Picture thepre-Trojan War equivalent of the Avengers These oars are known as sculls, a name since given to the kind of boat the rowers use. The etymology of 15 weird and wonderful Olympic words 2021-08-07T04:00:00Z There is one small rowboat and a pair of oars stashed on the near side of the lagoon, and another on the opposite side. Explorer : Mud, Leeches and Stunning Beauty in Tasmania 2013-01-25T17:51:24Z After braining Jude Law with an oar, Damon had earned an entire generation’s admiration – and his career was reborn. Steve Carell’s Foxcatcher: when good guys go bad 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z Then, on the inside of his left arm, are the words "the oar and the winnowing fan". Mark Cousins: the kids stay in the picture 2013-05-20T18:00:02Z The show is rich in drawings, too: extremely fine studies of saints’ heads and soldiers’ armor, and quicker sketches in which crossed lines suddenly resolve into a gondola and its oars. Mysteries of a Venetian Perfectionist Revealed in Washington 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z You think those brawny guys pulling oars back in the day took vocal lessons? Did you know Seattle has a thriving sea-shanty scene? Get onboard with singalongs and shows 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z "I don't think it's wise to live that long, Munchkin," she says as I pull on the oars. Ghosts who grieve in video games – and how I helped them achieve a measure of peace 2021-10-31T04:00:00Z “There is no better way to connect with Venice than with an oar and discovering the original way of life that so few sustain,” she said. In Venice, Navigating Like a Native 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z Londoners are exceedingly well catered for in educational entertainment with Tom Hodginkson's acclaimed irreverent culture magazine, The Idler, adding its oar to the talks and classes offered by The School Of Life. This week's new events 2011-02-26T00:08:01Z Even when its oar gets stuck in the reeds, Youngers' heart is in the right place, throbbing away merrily beneath a brain as positive as it is clever. Youngers: more Byker Grove than The Wire 2013-03-16T06:00:00Z We learnt that his uncle "chucked" his enemies down the rock-face – a fall of a hundred feet at least – and stationed soldiers in boats below to beat them with oars if they survived. Caligula with Mary Beard – TV review 2013-07-30T06:01:00Z What's more, when you actually focus, pick up those oars and start powering through those dense waters, you realise just how much is going on beneath the surface. Reading group: Bogged down on Swann's Way? 2013-02-07T14:01:15Z In between stroking the water with his oar, he stops to push back his hat and wipe his brow. Music Review: Stravinsky?s Tales, Dunked in the Spin Cycle 2011-03-02T22:59:11Z Now that we've got a government at last, I'm guessing there'll be fewer requests for people like me to stick their oar in on national TV. Acting the pundit 2010-05-16T18:00:00Z |
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