rowing machine
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of rowing machine
An Americanism dating back to 1870–75
Example Sentences
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I have a rowing machine next to my desk, so when I’m writing, I just get out of the chair, do some rowing, and then I continue.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026
He's into rowing and canoeing, so he's got a rowing machine and he'll send me a picture of an hour and 29 minutes and it's just the whole game.
From BBC • Aug. 30, 2025
He also has a fitness room with weights, treadmill and a rowing machine, while three parakeets fly around the complex.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 6, 2024
Blunt had to forbid Garmus from stress-exercising on her rowing machine — a habit the author shares with her main character — so that she could be reached.
From New York Times • Nov. 16, 2022
He did, however, come across an old discarded rowing machine of Mr. Little’s, and becoming interested in this, carried it upstairs with some difficulty and spent the rest of the morning rowing.
From "Stuart Little" by E.B. White
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