Sentences with phrase «gripping oars»

It was a large hand, and somehow unfeeling; a hand more used to gripping oars and ropes than the slender fingers of sixteen - year - old girls.
«I fear civilizing your classmates into respectable gentlemen will take more than teaching them to grip an oar,» Blaikie went on cheerfully.

Not exact matches

Shifting her grip on her oars into one hand, she swiped at her lip with her other sleeve.
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z