paddles
- plural of paddle.
Example Sentences
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The beach is not one from which a surfer paddles out on his or her board, or escapes without being tossed about as if by a washing machine.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
As Sobie spoke to the BBC, canoes - steered with paddles or long bamboo poles - moved through the narrow waterways, carrying mattresses and sacks of clothes belonging to the displaced people.
From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026
Writer-director Josh Safdie follows up ‘Uncut Gems’ with a loosely true post-WWII table tennis caper in which paddles and egos clash on a global stage.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2025
"There's the popping sound of paddles, cheering, shouting and joking around -- it's all extremely exhausting for us."
From Barron's • Dec. 28, 2025
Simon grinned and grabbed one of the wooden baking paddles, which he proceeded to ride like a hobbyhorse ’round the bakehouse.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
