How do you use Scull in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like oar or shell, plus the exact meaning.
Scull in a sentence
Related words
Scull meaning
- A single oar mounted at the stern of a boat and moved from side to side to propel the boat forward.
- One of a pair of oars handled by a single rower.
- A small rowing boat, for one person.
Using Scull
- The main meaning on this page is: A single oar mounted at the stern of a boat and moved from side to side to propel the boat forward. | One of a pair of oars handled by a single rower. | A small rowing boat, for one person.
- Useful related words include: oar, shell, racing shell, row.
- In the example corpus, scull often appears in combinations such as: scull is, support scull.
Context around Scull
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 4 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Scull
- In this selection, "scull" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 29.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, support, double, stationary, stationary, propeller and alligator stand out and add context to how "scull" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 14 single scull before teaming and and paddle scull. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "scull" sits close to words such as aadi, aayush and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with scull
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The senior rowers won the women’s A scull, pair, quad and four events. (14 words)
The support scull is used most often to support the body while a swimmer is performing upside down. (18 words)
Commonly used sculls include support scull, stationary scull, propeller scull, alligator scull, torpedo scull, split scull, barrel scull, spinning scull and paddle scull. (23 words)
New Yorkers get squeamish at the thought of injecting a murderer with a lethal dose of chemicals, but think nothing of puncturing the scull of a child being born to vacuum out its brains to make passage of the now dead baby through the birth canal easier. (47 words)
Wayne G. Hammond & Christina Scull, The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, p. 20. The relevant passage was later removed by Tolkien from the notes for translators, and does not appear in the version published in Jared Lobdell's A Tolkien Compass. (44 words)
Hammond & Scull, image No. 137 While neither of these appeared in the original printing of The Hobbit due to cost constraints, both have been included in subsequent editions and Conversation with Smaug has been used extensively. (36 words)
Example sentences (11)
Commonly used sculls include support scull, stationary scull, propeller scull, alligator scull, torpedo scull, split scull, barrel scull, spinning scull and paddle scull.
The symmetrical forces also make sculling more efficient than rowing: the double scull is faster than the coxless pair, and the quadruple scull is faster than the coxless four.
New Yorkers get squeamish at the thought of injecting a murderer with a lethal dose of chemicals, but think nothing of puncturing the scull of a child being born to vacuum out its brains to make passage of the now dead baby through the birth canal easier.
Sean Stork won a bronze medal in the u-14 single scull before teaming up with Horatio Dobson to win gold in the u-14 double.
My double-scull partner Joe and I spent the last weekend of September representing Cape Fear River Rowing Club at the World Masters Rowing Championships in Bradenton, Florida.
The senior rowers won the women’s A scull, pair, quad and four events.
An oar is often referred to as a blade in the case of sweep oar rowing and as a scull in the case of sculling.
Hammond & Scull, image No. 137 While neither of these appeared in the original printing of The Hobbit due to cost constraints, both have been included in subsequent editions and Conversation with Smaug has been used extensively.
Support scull is performed by holding the upper arms against the sides of the body and the fore arms at 90-degree angles to the body, with hands facing the bottom of the pool.
The support scull is used most often to support the body while a swimmer is performing upside down.
Wayne G. Hammond & Christina Scull, The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, p. 20. The relevant passage was later removed by Tolkien from the notes for translators, and does not appear in the version published in Jared Lobdell's A Tolkien Compass.
Common combinations with scull
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- scull is 4×
- support scull 3×