Paddles is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Paddles meaning
plural of paddle
Using Paddles
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of paddle
- In the example corpus, paddles often appears in combinations such as: the paddles, paddles and, paddles to.
Context around Paddles
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 9 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Paddles
- In this selection, "paddles" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, pong, wooden, atari, behind, ready and look stand out and add context to how "paddles" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and the paddles come out and atari paddles are electrically. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "paddles" sits close to words such as abortive, adel and agonising, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with paddles
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Meet you back here to raise our proverbial paddles. (9 words)
The session ended with a communal tapping of paddles. (9 words)
Paddles are available if you don’t have your own. (10 words)
Overall, the car’s little one litre TSI engine feels spirited and, although the seven speed automatic gearbox can take a while to change up, this can be addressed manually using flappy paddles behind the steering wheel. (37 words)
Chef and co-owner Xrysw Díaz flipping a handmade tortilla stamped with a design of the La Virgen de Guadalupe using an carminic acid ink produced by insects living on cactus paddles. (32 words)
I have used the paddles and balls for some time now and it has held up great, no issues at all and the design on the paddles is exactly as pictured. (31 words)
This boat continues to float, thank you, and I have no other paddles! (13 words)
Example sentences (20)
I have used the paddles and balls for some time now and it has held up great, no issues at all and the design on the paddles is exactly as pictured.
Pickleball is a court sport played on a badminton-sized court with a perforated plastic ball and composite or wooden paddles, about twice the size of ping-pong paddles.
Atari paddles are electrically compatible with the C64, but have different resistance values than Commodore's paddles, which means most software will not work properly with them.
Chloe Nash-Shannon (left), Kathe O’Brien and Jacob Clarke from DeafACT getting their dragon boat paddles ready.
Meet you back here to raise our proverbial paddles.
Nelson and I dig our paddles into the flow so that we’ll beach on the sandbar where we think we can climb into the control deck.
Paddles are available if you don’t have your own.
Pickleball is one of the fastest growing sports in the US, and it's played with improvised old Ping-Pong paddles and a perforated ball on a badminton court.
So, Benny grabs the board from the back of the ute, paddles out at Flaggies - and there were no waves for about 20 minutes.
The makeshift contraption he was using is shaped as a wheel, with paddles that are designed to propel it forward as the wheel revolves.
There is something magical about that first paddle of the year, as skis get stashed in the gear closet and the paddles come out for another season of exploring Maine waters.
The session ended with a communal tapping of paddles.
Those who attended the 30th annual Putting on the Ritz: A Gala of Giving held by the Scotland Memorial Foundation raised their paddles to place their bids on several auction items.
While Li and Steffy Forrester (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) watch nearby, Finn will grab the paddles from the nurse and give Sheila a jolt.
While many paddles look nearly identical, differences do exist—if you know what to look for.
Chef and co-owner Xrysw Díaz flipping a handmade tortilla stamped with a design of the La Virgen de Guadalupe using an carminic acid ink produced by insects living on cactus paddles.
Overall, the car’s little one litre TSI engine feels spirited and, although the seven speed automatic gearbox can take a while to change up, this can be addressed manually using flappy paddles behind the steering wheel.
Park interpreters are offering free tours, stargazing, guided paddles, and other family programs this weekend so visitors can connect to the natural features, culture, and history of provincial parks.
The car uses the motorcycle transmission, and shifting is done with paddles behind the steering wheel.
This boat continues to float, thank you, and I have no other paddles!
Common combinations with paddles
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the paddles 10×
- paddles and 9×
- paddles to 4×
- ping-pong paddles 3×
- paddles are 3×
- with paddles 3×
- paddles that 3×
- their paddles 3×
- and paddles 3×
- shift paddles 3×