Half a dozen little rowboats meet us, well out at sea, buffeted and tossed by the waves: they are fishing: see!
Through scores of rowboats and other small boats, she wormed her way at terrific speed, and at last, far ahead, the pursuers could make out the form of a second launch, also chugging along at full speed.
Several rowboats lay idly by, and in one of them, fishing, were two men.
Not far away was a small stream of water, and they did not know that in this one of the Hall rowboats was hidden, containing Baxter, Paxton, and Mumps, who had watched their arrival.
On and on swept the two rowboats toward the finish line.
After dark the cutter took to the wave and captured two rowboats filled with men, who proved to be fishermen from Wilmington.
The march was fortunately made without observation, and the men took their places in rowboats which promptly started on their momentous voyage.
Rowboats are employed for crossing over infantry by successive debarkations; but this process is too slow for the passage of a large force; it may very well be resorted to as auxiliary to other means.
Demonstrations are made at several points at the same time: bodies of troops are thrown across, after nightfall, in rowboats or by flying-bridges, to get possession of the opposite bank.
There were two rowboats trolling outside the heavy backwash from the cliffs.
They stood in the shallow water with sea boots on and forked the salmon into their rowboats and laid the rowboats alongside the Blackbird to deliver,--all in the dark without a lantern flicker, with muffled oarlocks and hushed voices.
They sidled up to the Blanco, one after the other, unloaded, got their money, and tied their rowboatson behind for a tow around to the Cove.
It was bare of craft, save that upon the beach two or three rowboats lay hauled out.
In the meantime, relieved of the weight of the clumsy raft, the two rowboats and the canoe shot out into the lake a distance of a hundred feet or more.
Snap, and he and his chums did their best to send the two rowboats and the canoe away from the shore.
And I have noticed that there are always two rowboats in the river to the east, and only one to the west.
Girls," she cried, "One of the rowboats we rented this afternoon is missing!
Miss Carver, the class advisor, rented two rowboats at Linder's, and the class took turns enjoying cruises along the shore, hunting unusual rocks and shells for their collection at school.
For the beach was empty of boats; every one of the five, the four steel rowboats and Chub's canoe, had been lifted into the water and manned by the marauders, and by the time the fellows reached the scene they would be far out into the river.
On the river white-sailed skiffs, chugging launches, gaudy canoes and more sober rowboatsdarted and drifted across the sunlit water.
There were seven rowboats and Chub's canoe made fast to the end of the float.
So Captain Barry during the night, with four rowboats with twenty-seven men, started from Burlington and succeeded in passing Philadelphia undiscovered and so unmolested by the British.
The news was true, the steam yacht was indeed running away from the Josephine and from those in the rowboats who had set out to take possession of her.
Soon the rowboats turned back and hastened to the side of the Josephine.
This news was true, and as the rockets and Roman candles hit the rowboats and the occupants the latter stopped rowing and then began to back water in confusion.
The rowboats are getting close to the Rainbow," said Tom, who had taken the glass.
The steam yacht was moving slowly and those in the two rowboats were making every effort to catch up to her.
She may catch the Rainbow even if those in the rowboats do not.
Without delay the two rowboats and the raft were called into commission, and an hour later the men and boys were hard at work transferring goods from the wreck to the beach in front of the cave.
It was decided that the exploring party should take the lightest of the rowboatsand enough provisions to last for a week.
All that could be done then was to land supplies as fast as possible in the small rowboats of the transports.
Near at hand only the fish moved in the stream--the fish and a few rowboats that swung gently at their ropes at the end of a board-walk that led from the hotel to the water's edge.
As soon as the little boys learned to swim they were allowed to go off by themselves in rowboats and camp out for the night along the Sound.
If they would only keep to rowboats or canoes, and use oar or paddle themselves, they would get infinitely more benefit than by having their work done for them by gasoline.
Skiffs androwboats could not live in torrents rushing through the city's principal streets.
The powerful current on each cross street made it impossible for those manning the rowboats to pass a street crossing without the aid of tow ropes.
On the night of March 25th the entire area of South Buffalo was under water, street car traffic was suspended and rowboatswere plying the streets.
Many narrow escapes from drowning were reported from all over the city, where people were being transferred in rowboats by police and other rescuers.
None of the little rowboats carried sail as a rule, although sometimes a sloop would float by with an air of commanding a squadron of the sparse fleet which extended along the length of the river.
Saddle horses, motorboats, rowboats and automobiles may be hired at reasonable rates.
Motorboats and rowboatsas well as trusty saddle ponies may be rented at nominal charges.
At that moment a shrill whistle sounded just behind the rowboats and the girls turned around to see what it was.
He tied the two rowboats together, the other boys helping him, and then anchored them with a small, spare kedge he carried on his craft.
We played in the rowboats a while, until a man came and chased us away, and then we went down along the creek to the river.
Mostly there is nothing in it but a little bit of water twisting along in the wet sand, away down in the bottom of the creek bed, but now the creek was full right up to the top, and there were rowboats moored in it.
All the men stepped into the rowboats and with full, powerful strokes of Samoan oarsmen they were borne out across the reefs toward the steamer anchored beyond.
Here and there round the bends natives in takias (somewhat like outrigger canoes with mat sails, now seldom used), punts, or rowboats slip by in the twilight.
In the middle of the peaceful dinner party two rowboats tied together came floating in toward the shore.
The invading fleet was composed of two launches, one very large and one smaller; five rowboats fastened together and towed by the one launch, and five canoes towed by the other.
And the sailors let down one of the rowboats into the water.
On the shore was a city, and a lot of men came out from the shore in little rowboats and took the things out of the Industry and carried them to the city.
For every big ship has some rowboatsthat are hung up over the deck.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "rowboats" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
