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Example sentences for: paddle

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To begin with let us list some of the official racquet games, both ancient and modern, that may be defined in a standard dictionary or encyclopedia of sport: tennis; lawn tennis; squash tennis; paddle tennis; platform tennis; table tennis; paddleball; racquetball; squash racquets; badminton; and racquets . The most obvious characteristic of this list is that most of these games appear, at least, to be variations of the game of tennis , yet in reality they cannot be technically classified as such.
The grand finale seems spectacular to some and completely unnecessary to others: The lights in the amphitheater dim and three rowboats decked out with Christmas lights paddle out to the middle of the lake, one with an organist and two violinists playing classical music.
Let us modify the device such that the cannonball, after hitting the paddle wheel and setting it spinning, is deflected downward onto the ground and digs a long shallow groove in the dirt, with high sides due to the displaced dirt.
A scythe rifle consisted of a stick of wood flattened on two sides like a paint paddle, then smeared with Le Page's glue and sprinkled liberally with the dried sand from a boiling spring.
Others, such as managers of retail tennis shops, coaches, and regular players (who number in the thousands) seem to be totally in the dark about such matters as the proper distinction between paddle tennis and platform tennis and whether the terms paddleball and racquetball are interchangeable.