oar
noun
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
oaring
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present participleof oar.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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One day, as the Eight begin oaring down the river, he buzzes alongside them like a particularly persistent gnat, detailing the flaws in each woman's stroke, moving from bow to stern.
From Time Magazine Archive
If ever your talents are so far cultivated as to enable you to speak to other men, always speak according to your conscience, without oaring for their applause.
From Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
So he went down under his root again, hugging himself upon his wisdom, never moving a fin, but oaring and helming his plump, spotted sides with his tail.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 5 by Hamilton Wright Mabie
Still the old trout, calmly oaring, looked at them both suspiciously.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 5 by Hamilton Wright Mabie
Their children, scattered about in schools, convents, and colleges, will find the home of their affections elsewhere, or rather they will form the habit of oaring for nothing.
From Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
