Example Sentences

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Thus, any rivercraft sailing past Fall City today consists only of recreational rowboats, rafts and kayaks.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 15, 2023

The Quinns have long been caretakers of the community, replacing empty propane tanks, recovering runaway rowboats and setting upright outhouses knocked over by winter storms.

From New York Times • Sep. 3, 2020

It was a lucky mishap – Michael found two rowboats, each with a paddle inside, tied with a cable to a stump.

From The Guardian • May 5, 2020

Dozens more bobbed in canoes and rowboats on the river.

From Washington Post • Oct. 19, 2019

Out on the water I saw rowboats and pedal boats and sailboats, and fishing boats like this one, with a long bow and small house in the middle.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan