How To Use Oarsman In A Sentence
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This oiler, by a series of quick miracles, and fast and steady oarsmanship, turned the boat in the middle of the surf and took her safely to sea again.
The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told
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He was a serious cricketer and table tennis player, and in his youth a formidable oarsman.
Times, Sunday Times
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An oarsman in his youth, he was a member of the 1968 cadet eight who travelled the country competing.
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At this point he became aware of another boat making down on him, manned by three juniors, who were making up in noise and splashing what they lacked in style and oarsmanship.
The Willoughby Captains
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An oarsman sprains his wrist: the carpenter concocts a soothing lotion.
Moby Dick
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We climb into our small rowing boat and the oarsman unties the ropes to cast off.
EXTINCTION: Evolution and the End of Man
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This oarsman says it took a bite out of his blade.
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The last anyone heard of him he was an oarsman on an officer's barge.
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Not to steer; for Hildebrand was much too accustomed an oarsman to need any such help in coasting the river for miles up and down.
The Hills of the Shatemuc
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He perfected his oarsmanship to the point where he qualified for the U.S. Olympic Team that competed in Barcelona, Spain, in 1996.
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At a short word of command the oarsman backed hard, and the boat slid off the sand into the smooth water of the little cove.
The Mummy and Miss Nitocris A Phantasy of the Fourth Dimension
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After witnessing some expert oarsmanship and several trout being landed, I quietly retired.
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An oarsman sprains his wrist: the carpenter concocts a soothing lotion.
Moby Dick
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Those events are split eight and six in terms of both men and women and scull, where two oars are used, and sweep, where the oarsman uses only one.
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This oarsman says it took a bite out of his blade.
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This is the reason why the thwart which is farthest aft is made the seat of the best oarsman, and the others are required to make their motions keep time with his.
Marco Paul's Voyages and Travels; Vermont
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The oarsman will become "stale" unless the method of exercise is varied; the gymnast will develop the upper part of his body, while his lower extremities will remain spindleshanks.
Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics
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Kerala has Onam, when men in white dhotis and black bodies get into long boats and race one another with synchronised oarsmanship.
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Thrilling finishes and some hilarious oarsmanship entertained the dozens of spectators who gathered on the shore of Windermere to watch the historic Lakeside-Gummers Howe Fell Race.
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Ruth displayed her oarsmanship to better advantage, for the oars were lighter.
Ruth Fielding and the Gypsies The Missing Pearl Necklace
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She was well able to estimate the distance, and could appreciate such a feat of oarsmanship, and, entirely forgetting her pain and that she was alone, she turned round as if to a crowd of spectators, and pointing at the boats she said, with sparkling eyes,
Garman and Worse A Norwegian Novel
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He pulled, and managed to bend forwards at the waist like an oarsman.
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A family in a dinghy or a beginner oarsman could be prosecuted if they collided with a swimmer.
Times, Sunday Times
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He was a serious cricketer and table tennis player, and in his youth a formidable oarsman.
Times, Sunday Times
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The groom and his men friends, being in frolicsome humour and knowing nothing whatever of oarsmanship, were playing great pranks to make the women scream at their daring.
His Grace of Osmonde Being the Portions of That Nobleman's Life Omitted in the Relation of His Lady's Story Presented to the World of Fashion under the Title of A Lady of Quality
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He was a noted currach builder and champion oarsman.
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Mark watched the other ship draw closer, sensing the increase in their own speed as the sails filled again and the oarsman got their rhythm.
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We had to admire his prowess as an oarsman / his rowing prowess.
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There is hardly any pleasure like good oarsmanship.
Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895
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This made him as strong as an ox and he went on to become a champion oarsman and a member of the rowing crew that won the King's Cup in 1927.
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You said that was an amply sufficient qualification, and that no aquatic reporter who respected himself and his readers, had ever so far degraded himself as to row in a boat and to place his body in any of the absurd positions which modern oarsmanship demands.
Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 101, July 11, 1891
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We climb into our small rowing boat and the oarsman unties the ropes to cast off.
EXTINCTION: Evolution and the End of Man
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Blue - robed oarsman seafarers travelling between Southeast Asia and the coast of Fujian, in southern China.
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He chaffed us about our oarsmanship in the lifeboats, saying the appearance of our oars wildly waving reminded him of the sails of a windmill.
Five Months on a German Raider Being the Adventures of an Englishman Captured by the 'Wolf'
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And in a throwback to earlier times former rowing club captain Mike will help out by teaching youngsters about the art of oarsmanship.
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With prizes for the first three crews home in each race as well as the special awards for top oarsman and oarswoman, this was a very special event and the organisers were thrilled with its success.
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A family in a dinghy or a beginner oarsman could be prosecuted if they collided with a swimmer.
Times, Sunday Times