On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Sculling. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as rowing or row and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Sculling in a sentence
Related words
Sculling meaning
present participle and gerund of scull
Using Sculling
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of scull
- Useful related words include: rowing, row.
- In the example corpus, sculling often appears in combinations such as: of sculling, in sculling, sculling is.
Context around Sculling
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 5 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Sculling
- In this selection, "sculling" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, involves, china, water, oar and riggers stand out and add context to how "sculling" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a sculling oar is and action in sculling is more. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "sculling" sits close to words such as aami, aat and abada, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with sculling
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Another popular style involves sculling water horizontally while using flutter kicks vertically. (12 words)
In China, sculling, called "lu", was also used by the 3rd century AD. (13 words)
A sculling oar is shorter and has a smaller blade area than the equivalent sweep oar. (16 words)
The combined blade area of a pair of sculls is however greater than that of a single sweep oar, so the oarsman when sculling is working against more water than when rowing sweep-oared. (34 words)
In addition, some indoor rowers include a pivoting handle or handles (as opposed to a simple chain) in order to more completely simulate the action of rowing or sculling. (29 words)
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. (29 words)
Example sentences (11)
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.
Another popular style involves sculling water horizontally while using flutter kicks vertically.
A sculling oar is shorter and has a smaller blade area than the equivalent sweep oar.
He is able to do this because the body action in sculling is more anatomically efficient (due to the symmetry).
In addition, some indoor rowers include a pivoting handle or handles (as opposed to a simple chain) in order to more completely simulate the action of rowing or sculling.
In China, sculling, called "lu", was also used by the 3rd century AD.
The bow and stroke positions have a set of sculling riggers and two and three have a sweep set.
The combined blade area of a pair of sculls is however greater than that of a single sweep oar, so the oarsman when sculling is working against more water than when rowing sweep-oared.
The riggers in sculling apply the forces symmetrically to each side of the boat, whereas in sweep oared racing these forces are staggered alternately along the boat.
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.
The trop shell consists of three people where the bow has a pair of sculling oars, and 2,3 each a sweeping oar.
Common combinations with sculling
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of sculling 3×
- in sculling 2×
- sculling is 2×