How to Use row in a Sentence

row

1 of 2 verb
  • Bend at your elbows to row hands to the sides of the rib cage.
    Andi Breitowich, Women's Health, 11 May 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
  • Hack went on to row at Stanford and in the 2016 Rio Olympics.
    Lori Riley, courant.com, 3 July 2021
  • Both men hoped to be the first to row solo across the Atlantic.
    Bill Heavey, WSJ, 12 July 2023
  • Each boat will have 20 paddlers who row to the beat of the boat's drummer.
    Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 14 July 2022
  • That's how many miles a 61-year-old man is set to row solo from the US to France.
    Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 29 Apr. 2022
  • 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
  • So was a story about the first man to row solo across the Atlantic.
    Ian Prasad Philbrick, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2022
  • To fight the bitter cold, Brown taught the other women to row and shared her sable coat.
    People Staff, PEOPLE.com, 15 Apr. 2022
  • Athletes row backward, facing the stern, or rear of the boat.
    Kim O'Connell, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 July 2022
  • Then, row your left elbow back, bringing the weight to your rib cage.
    Mallory Creveling, Health, 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
  • 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
  • The farmer can only row two animals across the stream at once.
    Richard Malena, Popular Mechanics, 29 Aug. 2022
  • Squeeze your mid-back muscles to drive your elbow up, rowing the weight.
    Brett Williams, Men's Health, 30 June 2023
  • In China, both row crops and farmed animals have been killed by heat waves.
    WIRED, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Crew is a noun that means a group of people who row together: a rowing team.
    John Kelly, Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2023
  • Users can scuba dive or row a gondola through a Venice canal.
    Tatum Hunter, Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Open your legs about hip-width apart and row your right elbow back while maintaining a plank.
    Tatiana Lampa, Good Housekeeping, 13 July 2022
  • The team hopes to raise 1.5 million pounds to build the ship, row it across rivers and estuaries, and give the ship a permanent home.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 24 June 2022
  • The stick-shift version was easy and satisfying to row.
    Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Kardashian and True also took to the water in a rowing boat, with True taking charge of the oars.
    Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 22 Aug. 2023
  • The crew, all feeling the effects of the cold and the wet, rowed eight hours in the yawl through the waves of Lake Michigan before landing in Algoma at about 2 p.m.
    Christopher Clough, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Better like rowing your own gears, though, as the Si and Type R are stick-shift-only affairs.
    Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 19 Feb. 2023
  • Bend that arm to row the weight up beneath your shoulder, then extend your arm back, behind the midline of your trunk.
    Esther Smith, Outside Online, 9 Jan. 2022
  • During the voyage, rowing will be done in relays: groups of six will row for about four hours, then be replaced by the next shift.
    MarÍa Teresa HernÁndez, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Dec. 2022
  • Sea and water striders row themselves across the surface of water with oar-like legs.
    New York Times, 26 July 2021
  • But a funny thing happened along the way, as wealthy hobbyists turned dressage and rowing into status symbols of a life of leisure spent mastering the old ways.
    Bychloe Berger, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2024
  • The starting point is an abstract representation of a canoe, which, since the earliest Samoans rowed to shore from other islands, signals the start of Samoan society.
    Brian T. Allen, National Review, 10 Feb. 2024
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row

2 of 2 noun
  • The Nuggets have won three in a row and five of their last six.
    Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Phoenix's heat deaths grew the last three years in a row.
    Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 4 Mar. 2024
  • The team is out for the third night in a row, walking the pitch-black beach.
    Nina Burleigh, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Jan. 2024
  • And inside the Old City: rows and rows of shops have shut down.
    Guy Davies, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Noah is hosting the Grammy Awards on Feb. 4 for the fourth year in a row.
    Paul Grein, Billboard, 16 Jan. 2024
  • The straps have buckles that are easy to adjust, and the band has five rows of hooks.
    Esmé Epstein, Health, 16 June 2023
  • If planting more than one vine, plant them about 6 to 8 feet apart in the row.
    Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 15 June 2023
  • Meanwhile, the Cowboys, Colts and 49ers have won three in a row.
    Chris Morris, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2023
  • Rather than long-term, the serum is meant to be applied 30 nights in a row ahead of a big event.
    Deanna Pai, Glamour, 4 Dec. 2023
  • But will anyone pull a Rich Strike and shock the world for a second year in a row?
    Jake Adams, The Courier-Journal, 30 Apr. 2023
  • Kevin notes that for the second game in a row Rangers starters couldn’t find the strike zone, a strong point all year.
    Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 14 June 2023
  • At the front of the hood, the six-inch strands stand straight up before the rows start streaming backward.
    Michael Teo Van Runkle, Ars Technica, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Arrange the eggs in three rows with space between them.
    Cade Metz, New York Times, 16 May 2023
  • Blue lost his first start, then won eight in a row, all complete games.
    Dan Shaughnessy, BostonGlobe.com, 12 May 2023
  • Slow as you near the end of each row and coast to nearly a stop before turning to make the next pass.
    Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 12 May 2023
  • At the rear are six rows of seats, and behind them, VIP lavatories and a bar.
    Rachel Dube, Robb Report, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Williams eclipsed more than 100 yards rushing for the second game in a row and the fifth time this season.
    Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2023
  • But Curtis struck out two batters in a row to end the rally.
    Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2023
  • For the fourth year in a row, Alabama will have a new starter at left tackle.
    Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Smith sat in the first row, not far from Trump, who at times frowned and looked down at the floor, but never looked back at Smith.
    Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 16 June 2023
  • Once the area was cleaned up, developers tried to raze the row and build a tower.
    Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 6 Feb. 2024
  • For some locations, this will be the third day in a row with the risk of severe weather.
    Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 11 May 2023
  • Meanwhile, mortgage rates rose for the second week in a row.
    From Cnn's Krystal Hur, Nicole Goodkind, Alicia Wallace, Bryan Mena, Elisabeth Buchwald and Anna Bahney, CNN, 27 Apr. 2023
  • And this would be the third weekend in a row the Northeast gets walloped by heavy rainfall.
    Aya Elamroussi, CNN, 7 Oct. 2023
  • The win was the second in a row and the fourth in five career starts for Surge Capacity ($11.40).
    Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Dec. 2023
  • This past week certainly had its fill of chic front rows.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2023
  • Yet the nitwits across the street, who clutter their lawn with Christmas blow-up dolls, have won the contest four years in a row.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 3 Dec. 2023
  • But the Buffaloes have won two in a row and have a chance at their first three-game winning streak in the rivalry since the 1950s.
    Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Either a bench or captain’s chairs are available for the middle row.
    Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 2 May 2024
  • City may have to make do instead with the bitter solace of becoming the first team in history to win the English title four years in a row.
    Rory Smith, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2024

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