Rowed

Examples

• I saw the lights of the hotel and rowed out, rowing straight out until they were out of sight. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• At first they refused it on account of my having rowed, but I insisted on their taking it. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• For a while, with the brandy, I rowed easily and steadily. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• But Gerald looked back as he rowed, beholding her, forgetting what he was doing. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Birkin rowed without speaking to the landing-stage. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• But Birkin rowed evenly and unswerving, with an inhuman inevitability. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• We rowed noiselessly away, and before the police-boat came in sight again, we were safe at home once more. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• But for a long time we did not see any lights, nor did we see the shore but rowed steadily in the dark riding with the waves. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• I rowed in the dark keeping the wind in my face. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• The girl turned her face towards him with a start, and rowed in silence. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I rowed up opposite the fisherman's island where there were boats drawn up and men were mending nets. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• Before we entered on our boating vacation, you were as bent upon it as I have seen you upon anything since we first rowed together. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• But Gudrun rowed on towards the clump of trees that balanced perfect in the distance, in the golden light. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• That the weather being calm, he rowed round me several times, observed my windows and wire lattices that defended them. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• I, who had rowed poor father out and home on the very night when I saw him for the first time. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Once, in a boat on the Delaware, with some other young men, he refused to row in his turn: I will be rowed home, said he. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Still she rowed towards him. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• I stayed out where I could just see the shore and rowed on for three quarters of an hour in the rain. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• He watched her all the while, as she rowed. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• But she sometimes rowed in a boat with her father, I believe. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• We agreed that it should be carried into execution, and that Provis should never recognize us if we came below Bridge, and rowed past Mill Pond Bank. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• We rowed along the shore, the barman holding the line in his hand and giving it occasional jerks forward. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• My dear creature, she actually rowed it over the river, put it on her head, and marched up to the barn to the utter amazement of the old man! Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• She rowed very well but the oars were too long and bothered her. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• It was much harder work now, but Herbert and Startop persevered, and rowed and rowed and rowed until the sun went down. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• We rowed, by my computation, about three leagues, till we were able to work no longer, being already spent with labour while we were in the ship. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• Condemned to inaction and a state of constant restlessness and suspense, I rowed about in my boat, and waited, waited, waited, as I best could. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• I rowed all night. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• The barman rowed back. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• They rowed about a league, and then set me down on a strand. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.

Typist: Melville