Example Sentences

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The quarter-size species, Callichimaera perplexa, looked a bit like a spider, with flat, oarlike legs and a keeled body.

From New York Times • Jan. 23, 2022

He is a massive 7 6-year-old man, who seems to row himself joyfully about his home in suburban K�snacht with large, oarlike hands.

From Time Magazine Archive

See that musk-rat, how boldly he plunges into the stream, and, with his oarlike tail, stems the current till he gains in safety the sedges on the other side.

From Canadian Crusoes by Traill, Catharine Parr Strickland

The Paddle-fish is peculiarly characterized by its broad, thin, oarlike snout.

From Fast Nine or, A Challenge from Fairfield by Douglas, Alan

The long oarlike rudder was on the board or side of the ship to the right of the stern, called the starboard or steerboard.

From Days of the Discoverers by Choate, Florence