We therefore paddled across the wet road to the inn, where, despite the somewhat rough surroundings, we enjoyed a capital dinner, cooked in the true French style.
You mean to tell me that youpaddled from Whale River in fifteen days, after a dog?
Though he sorely needed geese for food on his way north, there was no time to waste at Hannah Bay, so Marcel paddled steadily all night.
Then the Curlytops and Hal got in the rowboat and paddled about in the shallow cove.
Around and around in the little cove paddled the Curlytops, having fun in their box-boats.
As they paddled slowly along this lake, keeping time to their songs with the paddles, there suddenly grew out of the distance a great flotilla of canoes with tall prows, and behind them a range of islands which they had not before seen.
The Frenchmen pushed out gently from the shore, paddled noiselessly over to the ship's side, and clambered up.
Sounds reached them from the direction of the shack, and Bela, lowering her head, paddled swiftly and silently for the point.
Bela paddled manfully, but her single blade was no match for two long oars.
Bela paddled under the lee side and landed in quiet water.
She pushed off and paddled like a wild woman until she could weather the island under her square sail.
She swiftly brought the dugout around and paddled down the lake shore across the river from the men.
She paddled ahead like a piece of the boat itself, now pausing a second, now driving hard, as those fixed, wary eyes telegraphed automatically to her arms.
He paddled along swiftly till he came to a culvert, and dropped behind it, his chin on a level with the coping-stone.
Or the boat is paddled to the foot of a small rapid; the fisherman springs out and runs to the head of the rapid, and casts his net in the still water immediately above it where fish frequently congregate.
There it is laid in a large boat gaily decorated with bright-coloured cloths, which is paddled down river to the graveyard, followed by the boats of the mourning friends, who refrain from speaking to any persons encountered on the way.
I could not have paddled against that current with the best of canoes.
Like an arrow just when the bowstring twangs came the boat at a rock, to be paddled as cleanly aside as if that hissing mass had been a shadow.
They rowed all night long, and then they rowed and paddled all the next day without taking any rest.
Bartram beat them off with his club, and paddled for the shore.
But the farther he paddled from the shore, the more the alligators crowded round him.
Their fire was built near the water's edge, and the canoe which interrupted them had been paddled silently to the bank, so that its bow extended nearly into their fire.
In addition to this, the river had risen much faster than the creek, and the back water had entirely destroyed the creek's current, so that the boat must be pushed and paddled every inch of the way.
Two boys paddled at a time, one upon each side, while a third steered, and by relieving each other occasionally they maintained a very good rate of speed.
Having bought what he wanted, and learned what he could, Sam returned to his boat, and paddled down the bay to a point not far from Fort Barrancas.
I took the canoe "Fairy" and paddled all about it and saw that it sat well balanced, and secure, and that it floated beautifully.
This proposal had just been agreed to when the whole flotilla of canoes paddled up alongside of the bank close under Prairie Cottage.
Soon after they reappeared, and the boys paddled towards them with a cheer, picked them up and the battle was renewed.
The black fisherman, nothing dismayed, paddled out to the middle of the harbour where the shark was playing about; he plunged into the water armed with a pointed carving knife.
After lingering for about half an hour in the hope that we should change our minds, they paddled away looking blacker than their skins.
Punch was now the order of the night, and, after laying in a good stock, they all ordered their canoes and paddled on shore, huzzaing the whole time.
We had been lying there a fortnight, taking in hemp and iron, when two old, ugly women came on board in a small boat paddled by themselves.
The last sight they saw as they paddled away, was the four gray huskies, which Spurling had brought with him on his first arrival, seated on their haunches in a row by the water's edge, raising their dismal voices to the sky.
The two men said nothing, but they paddled faster, for the chill struck into their chests through their shirts, making them repent the folly which had led them to abandon their clothing that more gold might be carried.
I found him stretched out on the bank-ice, awaiting me as I paddled up-stream toward the bend.
In the spring of 1670, when twenty-six years of age, Perrot left Green Bay with a flotilla of canoes filled with peltries and paddled by Indians.
During the four months of their absence, says Parkman, they had paddled their canoes somewhat more than two thousand five hundred miles.
Till long past midnight we paddled and watched and listened, whisperless.
We found lowland Nature still the same; Ayboljockameegus was flowing still; so was Penobscot; no pirate had made way with the birch; we embarked and paddled to camp.
We paddled stoutly by relays, stopping only once, at the neatest of farm-houses, to lunch on the most airy-substantial bread and baked apples and cream.
We took a lunch, our guns and scientific instruments, and paddled up the south-west arm of the lake to find and explore the leading tributary.
Selecting the larger of the two open streams, we paddled into its sluggish waters, ten feet wide and one foot deep where they enter the lake.
Our entire party reunited, we canoeists paddled across to the lake's outlet, a narrow, miry stream which loses itself in a swamp, and that in turn merges into the Upper Wild Rice Lake.
Through and over this green and productive sea we paddled about four miles to the mouth of Wild Rice River, which flows out of Upper Wild Rice Lake, then up the narrow, deep and crooked river.
They paddled hastily along the shore screened by the willows.
There he remained four days, the distinguished guest of General Jackson; then in a small boat was paddled to the mouth of the Cumberland, where he re-embarked in his ark and floated down to Fort Massic.
Logan shot a wild turkey, which they roasted over the hot coals of their camp fire; resuming their journey they paddled twelve hours before making the second stop.
After some delay the whites re-embarked and paddled up the river accompanied by the Mingoes.
Hugging the north shore, on account of rough water caused by a strong north wind, they were surprised by a large Mingo war party of more than a dozen canoes, which unexpectedlypaddled out of the willows near the mouth of the river.
At the Indian lead mines they found a canoe and in that paddled down the river to Point Pleasant.
There the vessel tied up, the pirogue was relaunched, the kegs placed in it and the original crew, supplemented by two Spaniards from the galiot, paddled off up the Ohio.
Then while Logan destroyed all evidences of the camp the other two dragged a canoe from the willows and paddled to a projecting rock, from which the party embarked.
The first twenty-four hours they never landed from the canoe; all the while twopaddled while the third rested.
They paddled to the shore and after greetings were asked to land and rest; but Dorothy said no.
Their belongings were transferred to a large canoe, then they climbed in followed by four Indians, who paddled lustily and silently down stream, while their passengers slept; Dorothy beside John with her head pillowed on his arm.
Next morning the Indians paddled {112} out to plunder what seemed to be a deserted ship.
With renewed self-respect they then paddled off, singing voyageurs' songs to keep up their courage.
Hurriedly they dumped their supplies into the canvas boat, then paddled rapidly for the shore.
As they paddled away he was leaning on his crutch, watching something.
For another half hour they paddled on, without intermitting their efforts, then, to James's surprise, Nat turned the head of the canoe to the western shore.
They paddled for some hours, and then landed on the right-hand side of the lake.
Then they paddled for several hours until, as James imagined, they had traversed a greater distance, by some miles, than that which they had made on the previous evening.
The canoe was lifted out and carried down to the lake, and, taking their seats, they paddled up Lake Champlain, keeping close under the shore.
They stopped awhile at the fort at Detroit, then paddled up the Maumee to the next fort, and thence marched through the forests against the Miamis.
Without the slightest sound, the canoespaddled out into the lake, and then made for the east shore.
They paddled on again until some twelve miles beyond the fort, and then crossed the lake and landed on the French shore.
He closed his eyes as if asleep, and I paddled on in the alternate moonlight and shadow.
He became calmer after this, and looked at me for a long time as I paddled through a stretch of still water, in silence.
To Sir Samuel's unspeakable delight, the man whom he addressed understood him, and after offering to show us the landing-place, paddled off ahead of us.
After allowing a great many seas to break before he attempted to cross the outer bar, he at length seized the proper moment, and turning his little bark to seaward, paddled out as fast as he could.
Four or more canoes were lashed side by side, and then each division paddled in so judiciously that they formed one unbroken line along the shore.
Receiving the contents of a second musket, however, he dropped his bow and paddled off with all speed.
Soon afterwards two chiefs and their three attendants paddled off, and willingly came on board.
They were, however, excessively jealous and suspicious, and in consequence of one of the gentlemen examining their canoe, they at once jumped into her and paddled away.
Some canoes at once paddled off, and much against the wishes of his people, an old chief from one of them came on board.
To prevent an attack, a round shot was fired near them, when theypaddled off; the headland near at hand was therefore called Cape Runaway.
An hour before sunset the natives paddled off, leaving three of their number below.
Several canoes paddled alongside, and the people in them, after presenting the cava root, came boldly on board.
The length and high sterns of these canoes gave them great advantage in putting off from the shore through the surf; they also sailed and paddled very fast.
He then went away in a small canoe, paddled by himself and another man, all the other natives having long before left the ship.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "paddled" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
