Usage examples for oar
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He bent to the oar, his boat rushed through the waves, and as he came one way, that white face moved steadily from the shore. – Mabel's Mistake by Ann S. Stephens
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He saw the man start up and raise an oar as if to strike. – O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 by Various
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He cast aside his oar- threw off his coat and hat; worked an instant without avail at his wet clinging boots, and with a leap was in the water, swimming towards the spot where the cabin had gone down. – At Fault by Kate Chopin