had poled
- past perfect of pole.
Example Sentences
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After passing through the locks, we had poled ourselves through the canal here, about half a mile in length, to the boatable part of the river.
From A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers by Thoreau, Henry David
With these the men nonchalantly raked the water toward them from the bow and stern when they had poled the raft well into the current.
From Camps and Trails in China A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China by Andrews, Roy Chapman
Mr. Cavendish's paternal grandparent had drifted down the Holston and Tennessee; and Mr. Cavendish's father, in his son's youth, had poled up the Elk.
From The Prodigal Judge by Kester, Vaughan
If he had poled a canoe up the Gallatin, he would not have had to portage over eighteen miles.
From The Young Alaskans on the Missouri by Hough, Emerson
Meanwhile John had poled his raft somewhat to the left of the other, to try in his turn to break through the boom.
From Settlers and Scouts by Strang, Herbert
