How to Use paddle wheel in a Sentence
paddle wheel
noun
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The former pleasure cruiser was 180 feet long, with paddle wheels on both sides of its hull.
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Lorraine Boissoneault,
Smithsonian,
19 July 2017
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Lefebvre discovered a second paddle wheel in the vicinity of the first on a second trip.
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Allen Kim,
CNN,
9 Sep. 2020
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His is a forward-looking fish farm, with electric paddle wheels to keep the water oxygenated.
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The Economist,
15 Feb. 2018
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Chris Sabick identified the wreckage as being a paddle wheel belonging to the steamboat Phoenix.
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Allen Kim,
CNN,
9 Sep. 2020
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The gentle current, kicked up by a creaky paddle wheel, terrifies nobody.
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James Marcus,
The New Yorker,
29 Oct. 2019
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The arrays slowly rotate like paddle wheels as the station flies through its orbit to maximize the amount of sunlight reaching the solar cells.
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William Harwood,
CBS News,
4 Oct. 2019
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On one overnight trip across the Channel, the ship’s paddle wheels churned up the glowing phosphorescence in the water, leaving a visible wake that made the 180-foot ship an easy target for German bombers.
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Lorraine Boissoneault,
Smithsonian,
19 July 2017
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That left the vessels permanently docked - but still required to maintain an operational paddle wheel and a maritime crew.
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Greg Larose,
NOLA.com,
10 Feb. 2018
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Over 80 passengers and crew members were rescued Saturday night from Lake Conroe after a paddle wheel boat ran aground, officials said.
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Gwendolyn Wu,
Houston Chronicle,
8 Sep. 2019
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Evers signed more than 60 bills on Tuesday and vetoed two related to games, including one that would have allowed any business with a Class B gambling license to hold raffles using a paddle wheel.
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Molly Beck,
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
6 Mar. 2020
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Until modern times, the operation was powered by water; on a wall was an old photo of Degrange’s father and grandfather, seated before a mill paddle wheel three times their height.
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Bill Buford,
The New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2020
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In the second ad, algae is grown in little dishes, cultivated in a tiny seawater pond, and kept circulating by a minuscule paddle wheel.
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Bill McKibben,
The New Yorker,
21 Nov. 2020
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