Oar has 1 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | The rower blames his oar. | |
| 2. | He hung an old, wooden oar on his wall as a decoration. | |
| 3. | Should one use a pickaxe or an oar to mine ore? | |
| 4. | Where's the oar? | |
| 5. | "Grant us to draw our scattered fleet ashore, / and fit new planks and branches for the oar. / So, if with king and comrades brought again, / the Fates allow us to reach Italia's shore, / Italia gladly and the Latian plain / seek we." | |
| 6. | He swore like a madman and jabbed at me with an oar, for he must have seen death in my eyes. | |
| 7. | He swore like a madman and jabbed at me with an oar, for he must have seen death in my eyes. I got past it and got one in with my stick that crushed his head like an egg. | |
| 8. | Then bid my comrades quit the port and shore, / and man the benches. They with rival strain / and slanting oar-blades sweep the levels of the main. | |
| 9. | "First must Trinacrian waters bend the oar, / Ausonian waves thy vessels must explore, / first must thou view the nether world, where flows / dark Styx, and visit that AEaean shore, / the home of Circe, ere, at rest from woes, / thou build the promised walls, and win the wished repose." |