How to Use paddle wheel in a Sentence

paddle wheel

noun

• The former pleasure cruiser was 180 feet long, with paddle wheels on both sides of its hull.
  — Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 19 July 2017
• Lefebvre discovered a second paddle wheel in the vicinity of the first on a second trip.
  — Allen Kim, CNN, 9 Sep. 2020
• His is a forward-looking fish farm, with electric paddle wheels to keep the water oxygenated.
  — The Economist, 15 Feb. 2018
• Chris Sabick identified the wreckage as being a paddle wheel belonging to the steamboat Phoenix.
  — Allen Kim, CNN, 9 Sep. 2020
• The gentle current, kicked up by a creaky paddle wheel, terrifies nobody.
  — James Marcus, The New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2019
• The arrays slowly rotate like paddle wheels as the station flies through its orbit to maximize the amount of sunlight reaching the solar cells.
  — William Harwood, CBS News, 4 Oct. 2019
• On one overnight trip across the Channel, the ship’s paddle wheels churned up the glowing phosphorescence in the water, leaving a visible wake that made the 180-foot ship an easy target for German bombers.
  — Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 19 July 2017
• That left the vessels permanently docked - but still required to maintain an operational paddle wheel and a maritime crew.
  — Greg Larose, NOLA.com, 10 Feb. 2018
• Over 80 passengers and crew members were rescued Saturday night from Lake Conroe after a paddle wheel boat ran aground, officials said.
  — Gwendolyn Wu, Houston Chronicle, 8 Sep. 2019
• Evers signed more than 60 bills on Tuesday and vetoed two related to games, including one that would have allowed any business with a Class B gambling license to hold raffles using a paddle wheel.
  — Molly Beck, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 Mar. 2020
• Until modern times, the operation was powered by water; on a wall was an old photo of Degrange’s father and grandfather, seated before a mill paddle wheel three times their height.
  — Bill Buford, The New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2020

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024