How to Use coxswain in a Sentence

coxswain

noun

• Only the coxswain faces the bow and can see the course ahead.
  — Kim O'Connell, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 July 2022
• Weeks was one of eight rowers and a coxswain chosen for the men's eight.
  — Dan Shalin, chicagotribune.com, 12 July 2017
• The coxswain typically sits facing the stroke seat at the stern of the eight.
  — Olivia Reiner, USA TODAY, 23 July 2021
• There are four seniors in the top Hawks boat, three rowers and a coxswain.
  — Mike Jensen, Philly.com, 10 May 2018
• Understand, coxswains are considered the brain of the brawn that mans the oars.
  — David Whiting, Orange County Register, 24 May 2017
• As the coxswain, Jamir doesn't row, but gives directions to the eight rowers.
  — Michelle Liu, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 July 2017
• The coxswain gives directions of when and how to move the equipment, including the 200-pound boat, and when to board the boat.
  — Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2022
• Broadland has hopes of landing a spot as the coxswain of the U.S. National crew.
  — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2022
• Without a coxswain, Luczak steers the four from the stroke seat with a rudder cable attached to her right foot.
  — Olivia Reiner, USA TODAY, 24 July 2021
• Brendan Jacob served as the stroke seat, and Gracie Rullo was the coxswain.
  — Andrew Turner, latimes.com, 5 June 2019
• The women, who’d won the world bronze medal, let the coxswains draw up the lineup, then tossed a coin to decide which boat would get the No. 1 bow and which would get No.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 21 Oct. 2019
• But there’s not exactly a coxswain setting the pace for the team wearing blue jerseys.
  — Philip Elliott, Time, 4 May 2021
• From that spot, only the oar-less coxswain can see precisely where the vessel is headed.
  — Jeff Sanders, sandiegouniontribune.com, 18 Oct. 2017
• Yaz, in this case, is former Olympic coxswain Yasmin Farooq.
  — Matt Calkins, The Seattle Times, 29 May 2017
• Lopez, who at 5 feet tall is much shorter than the typical rower, is a coxswain and wants to remain one in college.
  — New York Times, 25 Nov. 2019
• In danger of swamping, coxswain Jim Bartlett quickly handed emergency buckets to the four oarsmen in the stern of the boat.
  — Bill Knight, The Seattle Times, 16 June 2017
• The poetic gaze of a boat-lover, sailor, rower and coxswain is apparent on every page.
  — Joshunda Sanders, Longreads, 23 May 2018
• That means extra work for Cambria Stirrat, who tucks herself into the stern as coxswain.
  — David Wharton, latimes.com, 28 June 2018
• As a student at Harvard, Tisch walked on to the men’s crew team and became the coxswain, yelling at the rowers and leading the team to a national championship.
  — Dodai Stewart, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Dec. 2022
• As a student at Harvard, Ms. Tisch walked on to the men’s crew team and became the coxswain, yelling at the rowers and leading the team to a national championship.
  — Dodai Stewart, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2022
• Jaydon, stepping backwards over twigs, bricks, and sidewalk cracks, is our coxswain.
  — Adam Harris, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2019
• Petty Officer third class Aaron Hadden, coxswain aboard the rescue boat, said in the news release.
  — oregonlive.com, 5 July 2019
• Instead, each royal was assigned to perch in a different boat, acting as coxswains, as an expert team took care of most of the hard work.
  — Madeleine Luckel, Vogue, 20 July 2017
• Want insight into the centuries-old sport but don’t want to spend every day earning blisters while being yelled at by a coxswain?
  — Washington Post, 30 July 2021
• According to tradition, if a race was won, the coxswain would be tossed into the Schuylkill River (an unfathomable outcome).
  — Rick Helfenbein, Forbes, 1 Feb. 2022
• Sculls do not include a coxswain, so a rower is responsible for steering the boat with rudder cable attached to their foot.
  — Olivia Reiner, USA TODAY, 23 July 2021
• The Atlantic Coast Conference, for example, permits a third eight-person boat and a second four-person boat, plus a coxswain for each, for up to 37 women.
  — Kenny Jacoby, USA TODAY, 26 May 2022
• Sidoo discussed the possibility that at least one son, Jordan, a coxswain in high school, be recruited to Stanford.
  — New York Times, 17 July 2019
• The lack of impulse control to photoshop your picture as a coxswain for crew is beyond comprehension.
  — New York Times, 27 Apr. 2021
• As Splinter noted in 2016, rowing isn't exactly easy — but the coxswain, who directs the team, doesn't actually row.
  — Lydia Wang, refinery29.com, 28 July 2021

Last Updated: 17 Jul 2024