How to Use rowing in a Sentence

rowing

noun
  • She was on the rowing team.
  • Tokyo Olympics, from the track to the basketball court to the rowing scene.
    Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 July 2021
  • Inman won a bronze medal at the 2008 Olympics in a rowing event.
    Ndaschel, oregonlive, 20 June 2023
  • The Washington Post named him girls’ rowing coach of the year in 2019.
    Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2021
  • Some were in yachts, some rowing alone in small skiffs.
    Peggy Noonan, WSJ, 24 Dec. 2020
  • The women's eight and men's four boats made it to the final in rowing.
    USA TODAY, 24 July 2021
  • Events such as rowing were postponed two days due to the storm.
    Joshua Berlinger, CNN, 8 Aug. 2021
  • But that's the last time USA won the Olympic men's four rowing, *until now*.
    Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2024
  • His physique proved more suited to rowing, the sport that would take him to two Olympic Games.
    Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2022
  • The Irish won two gold and two bronze medals three years ago in Tokyo, in rowing and boxing.
    Mirjam Swanson, Orange County Register, 18 July 2024
  • And, in the long term, make rowing’s many pleasures available to folks of all stripes.
    Kareem Rashed, Robb Report, 20 May 2021
  • Just make sure that your rowing form stays on point, even when the going gets tough.
    Perri O. Blumberg, Men's Health, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Grace Joyce, 26, also made the U.S. rowing team in the four-woman skull event.
    Stacy St Clair, The Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2024
  • No less than the teamwork and chemistry of an eight-man rowing crew, the subject of the film is the class divide.
    Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Her 17 medals are also for rowing, cycling and the biathlon.
    Emily Bobrow, WSJ, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Mazzio would move up to compete in the U.S. women’s rowing team at the Olympics in Barcelona.
    NBC News, 30 Oct. 2020
  • Shipley was the 17-year-old student’s teacher and rowing coach at the time of the incidents, the DOJ said.
    Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 4 June 2022
  • Plus, the rowing motion can strengthen and tone your arms, too.
    Gabrielle Hondorp, Travel + Leisure, 26 June 2020
  • But Kwendeche delved in and became a member of the school’s crew (rowing) team.
    Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2020
  • Imagine a rowing team on a mission to win the race, and everyone is in sync.
    Austin Speck, Forbes, 14 Apr. 2022
  • The Head of the Riverfront rowing competition takes to the water on Oct. 6 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 21 May 2024
  • Hey, those are small potatoes compared with what the U.S. rowing team did.
    John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2024
  • Olympic rowing gold in the men's lightweight double sculls event.
    Helen Regan, Aditi Sangal and Adam Renton, CNN, 29 July 2021
  • The Head of the Charles Regatta, the world's largest two-day rowing event, will be held October 22-24.
    Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 13 July 2021
  • There’s a rowing machine, a ski machine and a power rack, to name a few pieces, and a tall heater for the colder months.
    Morgan Voigt, Houston Chronicle, 2 Jan. 2020
  • And that includes women's rowing, which is the next highest.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 19 Aug. 2022
  • The trainers go through the proper form for rowing, which makes a big difference.
    Emily Shiffer, Women's Health, 20 Mar. 2023
  • The Belle Isle Boat House is the fifth-oldest structure on the island and has been home to more than 70 rowing clubs over its lifetime.
    Amelia Benavides-Colón, Detroit Free Press, 11 June 2024
  • In rowing, Troy said, the team is only as good as its slowest athlete.
    Lori Riley, courant.com, 9 Dec. 2020
  • Eventually, Odysseus must have the men who partake of the lotus dragged back to the ship, crying, and bound beneath its rowing benches.
    Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024

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