How to Use row in a Sentence

row

1 of 2 verb
  • Space rows at least 2 feet apart.
    Alexandra Jones, The Spruce, 11 May 2026
  • Bend at your elbows to row hands to the sides of the rib cage.
    Andi Breitowich, Women's Health, 11 May 2023
  • Squeeze your shoulder blades and row the right dumbbell to your chest.
    Men's Health, 7 July 2023
  • Keeping your hips and shoulders square, row the bell to your right hip.
    Jerry St. Louis, Men's Health, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Move at the elbow and shoulder to row the bar to the top of your ribcage.
    Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Then, row your left elbow back, bringing the weight to your rib cage.
    Mallory Creveling, Health.com, 10 Sep. 2021
  • The boat is being rowed onward.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Dec. 2025
  • A couple in the back are rowing the other way.
    Lily Kepner, Austin American Statesman, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Both men hoped to be the first to row solo across the Atlantic.
    Bill Heavey, WSJ, 12 July 2023
  • The farmer can only row two animals across the stream at once.
    Richard Malena, Popular Mechanics, 29 Aug. 2022
  • Athletes row backward, facing the stern, or rear of the boat.
    Kim O'Connell, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 July 2022
  • Squeeze your mid-back muscles to drive your elbow up, rowing the weight.
    Brett Williams, Men's Health, 30 June 2023
  • Each boat will have 20 paddlers who row to the beat of the boat's drummer.
    Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 14 July 2022
  • Open your legs about hip-width apart and row your right elbow back while maintaining a plank.
    Tatiana Lampa, Good Housekeeping, 13 July 2022
  • York helped row and tow the party’s barge, which was the size of a semi-truck trailer.
    Craig Fehrman, Space.com, 6 Apr. 2026
  • York helped row and tow the party’s barge, which was the size of a semi-truck trailer.
    Craig Fehrman, The Conversation, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Users can scuba dive or row a gondola through a Venice canal.
    Tatum Hunter, Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2023
  • So was a story about the first man to row solo across the Atlantic.
    Ian Prasad Philbrick, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2022
  • Mark rows clearly with the variety name.
    Marianne Willburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The boy helps Santiago load his boat and the old man rows a long way from shore.
    Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
  • People on the beach grabbed a nearby dinghy and tried to row out to her but were caught in the strong current.
    Iliana Magra, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2020
  • To fight the bitter cold, Brown taught the other women to row and shared her sable coat.
    People Staff, PEOPLE.com, 15 Apr. 2022
  • If planting in rows for cuttings, space rows 12 inches apart.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Some men who were fishing nearby saw the situation and rowed out to help.
    Delbert L. Chears, Outdoor Life, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Evelyn ran down from her seat two rows up, dropped to the ground and attempted to secure the ball in front of her.
    Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2026
  • How does someone make the decision to spend three months rowing thousands of miles?
    Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Sea and water striders row themselves across the surface of water with oar-like legs.
    New York Times, 26 July 2021
  • Our teams have to row out to collect them, then drop them in a grave corresponding to each player.
    Tom Smyth, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Rescuers rowed boats, canoes, and rafts to people trapped in homes and businesses and on rooftops.
    Kansas City Public Library Staff, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2026
  • In Bensaid's video, she can be seen rowing through murky, brown waters filled with debris.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 23 Mar. 2026

row

2 of 2 noun
  • Phoenix has lost four in a row.
    ABC News, 18 June 2026
  • The men have lost five in a row.
    Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Tie it off at the end of the row.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 28 Feb. 2026
  • Three threes in a row don’t bode well.
    Agnieszka Szpila, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
  • One paid the rent with a row of her teeth.
    Sandra Lim, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Get your ducks in a row, and then go for it.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 17 Apr. 2026
  • The Hawks have won nine in a row!
    Zach Harper, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
  • New York has lost four in a row.
    CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
  • The Hoyas have lost six in a row.
    ABC News, 28 Feb. 2026
  • The Sabres have lost two in a row.
    CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Penn State has lost five in a row.
    Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2025
  • The Padres have lost four in a row.
    Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2026
  • So to give up four in a row, times that by four.
    Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The Dodgers won their fourth in a row.
    CBS News, 20 June 2026
  • Chiefs have won 13 in a row at home.
    Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Get your a-- in the front row and study and do all that.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Get your a-- in the front row and study and do all that.
    Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Get your a-- in the front row and study and do all that.
    Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Get your a-- in the front row and study and do all that.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Get your a-- in the front row and study and do all that.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2025
  • This was his third game in a row that wasn’t very good.
    Josh Yohe, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The Utes have won three games in a row.
    Data Skrive, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026
  • These Nuggets have got their ducks in a row.
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 14 Apr. 2026
  • The loss was the Mariners fifth in a row.
    ABC News, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The loss was the Mariners' fifth in a row.
    CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Lee scored from the right and left side and from the back row.
    Lou Ponsi, Oc Register, 7 May 2026
  • In front of them was a row of cameras.
    Dhruv Tikekar, CNN Money, 30 May 2026
  • The index is up six months in a row.
    John Towfighi, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
  • That would be two in a row for our women.
    Connor Riley, AJC.com, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Maybe somebody down the row was.
    Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Sep. 2025

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