How to Use rudder in a Sentence

rudder

noun

• The keel and rudder of the Lucky Duck looked naked in the dirt.
  — Linda Robertson, miamiherald, 13 Sep. 2017
• The rudder was battered, and the trio had to be towed to shore in Spain.
  — Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2023
• The periscope swings aft and focuses on the top of the rudder.
  — Jim Wilson, Popular Mechanics, 1 Dec. 2020
• Last week, a group of killer whales broke the rudder and pierced the hull of a sailboat in the area.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 25 May 2023
• And their central banks have a stronger hand on the rudder.
  — Carla Fried, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2017
• Back on deck, Thom explained how the rudder steered the boat and gave each kid a turn.
  — Rachel Walker, The Know, 13 Aug. 2019
• The pilot told me when to give her right or left rudder.
  — Wallace Cloud, Popular Mechanics, 25 Feb. 2021
• This will act as a rudder in the air, keeping the lure from spinning.
  — David A. Rose, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2024
• Their tails are ringed, with a white tuft at the tip, and act as a rudder as a cheetah runs.
  — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 26 Sep. 2023
• One last time, Wedge stamped on the rudder pedals, pushed and then pulled the throttle, and tugged on the stick.
  — Elliot Ackerman, Wired, 26 Jan. 2021
• The one-ton, barn-door-sized tail fin and rudders were simply gone.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 1 Aug. 2017
• The short, stout tail works like a rudder; the back feet are partially webbed.
  — Abigail Tucker, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Dec. 2022
• The killer whales are also seen nudging the boat's rudders.
  — Morgan Winsor, ABC News, 23 June 2023
• What if storytelling is how our species strips the rudder from the boat?
  — Madeline Ashby, WIRED, 17 July 2023
• How can a snow leopard’s tail act as both rudder and nose warmer?
  — Eve Conant, National Geographic, 18 Dec. 2020
• Had a cover been in place, the extreme pressure change on JAL 123 may not have blown the rudder to bits.
  — Andrew Zaleski, Popular Mechanics, 22 June 2023
• How, without rudder or wing, to steer, To get hold of this floating grave.
  — Osip Mandelstam, The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2022
• Without a coxswain, Luczak steers the four from the stroke seat with a rudder cable attached to her right foot.
  — Olivia Reiner, USA TODAY, 24 July 2021
• According to Stars and Stripes, pieces of the plane’s left and right rudders were found two hours later.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 10 May 2019
• Tweaking the rudder on your plane—by folding it slightly to the left or right—will affect the yaw.
  — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 13 July 2023
• In a May 4 incident in the Strait of Gibraltar, a group of three orcas pierced the rudder of a sailboat.
  — Laura Barcella, Peoplemag, 25 May 2023
• In 2003, the rudder of the USS Connecticut was chewed by a polar bear while it was surfaced.
  — David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 5 Apr. 2018
• The propeller and rudder that were removed from the ship will be donated to the state.
  — Nedra Rhone, ajc, 23 Dec. 2019
• Keep a steady hand on the rudder because there could be tensions and squabbles.
  — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 21 Dec. 2020
• Then the shape becomes clearer: the curve of the oak ribs and planks of a ship’s side, iron bolts, the keel and what must have been the stern, the broken rudder, sheathed in copper.
  — Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Mar. 2023
• The spin on the ball produces a wake of airstream behind the ball that creates movement, much like the rudder on an airplane.
  — New York Times, 12 June 2021
• The booms were already aflame, the fabric sloughing off, the rudder nearly burned through.
  — James Joseph, Popular Mechanics, 31 Dec. 2020
• Weigand used his forestick, top rudder and speed brakes, trying to keep his plane’s nose up.
  — Carl Prine, sandiegouniontribune.com, 21 Sep. 2017
• Many of the ships sit at the bottom of the sea with their masts upright, their rudders still at the ready and their cargo bays full of untouched goods.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 21 Sep. 2017
• A few hours into their trip, though, a fierce wind broke their sail and rudder, setting them adrift for eight days.
  — New York Times, 22 Apr. 2021

Last Updated: 28 May 2024