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One Sunday morning Yazid came to pick up Zain for a trip to Rawal Dam on the other side of Islamabad, where there were rowboats for rent.—Daniyal Mueenuddin, New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2025 After an hour, a fisherman in a rowboat picked up the three Americans.—Brad Schmitt, Nashville Tennessean, 11 Nov. 2025 Day-trippers dot the lake, braving chilly swims, renting rowboats, and basking in the sun.—Lucy Kehoe, AFAR Media, 31 Oct. 2025 Alice Austen and Gertrude Tate in a rowboat in Scotland in 1903.Courtesy Collection of Alice Austen House
But when the 1929 stock market crash caught Austen in the crosshairs, her financial standing plummeted.—Margaret Hetherman, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rowboat
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