How to Use coxswain in a Sentence

coxswain

noun
  • Only the coxswain faces the bow and can see the course ahead.
    — Kim O'Connell, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 July 2022
  • Like the others, the coxswain is also in red and blue stripes.
    — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 27 May 2026
  • Weeks was one of eight rowers and a coxswain chosen for the men's eight.
    — Dan Shalin, chicagotribune.com, 12 July 2017
  • There are four seniors in the top Hawks boat, three rowers and a coxswain.
    — Mike Jensen, Philly.com, 10 May 2018
  • The coxswain typically sits facing the stroke seat at the stern of the eight.
    — Olivia Reiner, USA TODAY, 23 July 2021
  • Understand, coxswains are considered the brain of the brawn that mans the oars.
    — David Whiting, Orange County Register, 24 May 2017
  • As the coxswain, Jamir doesn't row, but gives directions to the eight rowers.
    — Michelle Liu, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 July 2017
  • Jaydon, stepping backwards over twigs, bricks, and sidewalk cracks, is our coxswain.
    — Adam Harris, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2019
  • But there’s not exactly a coxswain setting the pace for the team wearing blue jerseys.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 4 May 2021
  • From that spot, only the oar-less coxswain can see precisely where the vessel is headed.
    — Jeff Sanders, sandiegouniontribune.com, 18 Oct. 2017
  • 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
  • The poetic gaze of a boat-lover, sailor, rower and coxswain is apparent on every page.
    — Joshunda Sanders, Longreads, 23 May 2018
  • Lopez, who at 5 feet tall is much shorter than the typical rower, is a coxswain and wants to remain one in college.
    — New York Times, 25 Nov. 2019
  • Want insight into the centuries-old sport but don’t want to spend every day earning blisters while being yelled at by a coxswain?
    — Washington Post, 30 July 2021
  • That means extra work for Cambria Stirrat, who tucks herself into the stern as coxswain.
    — David Wharton, latimes.com, 28 June 2018
  • Brendan Jacob served as the stroke seat, and Gracie Rullo was the coxswain.
    — Andrew Turner, latimes.com, 5 June 2019
  • Instead, each royal was assigned to perch in a different boat, acting as coxswains, as an expert team took care of most of the hard work.
    — Madeleine Luckel, Vogue, 20 July 2017
  • The coxswain gives directions of when and how to move the equipment, including the 200-pound boat, and when to board the boat.
    — Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2022
  • Sculls do not include a coxswain, so a rower is responsible for steering the boat with rudder cable attached to their foot.
    — Olivia Reiner, USA TODAY, 23 July 2021
  • The lack of impulse control to photoshop your picture as a coxswain for crew is beyond comprehension.
    — New York Times, 27 Apr. 2021
  • Petty Officer third class Aaron Hadden, coxswain aboard the rescue boat, said in the news release.
    — oregonlive.com, 5 July 2019
  • Typically, a coxswain is responsible for making calls throughout the race.
    — Olivia Reiner, USA TODAY, 24 July 2021
  • Dulski credits serving as a coxswain on her high school and college rowing teams with her first introduction to leadership.
    — Meimei Fox, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2021
  • In danger of swamping, coxswain Jim Bartlett quickly handed emergency buckets to the four oarsmen in the stern of the boat.
    — Bill Knight, The Seattle Times, 16 June 2017
  • Each new summer brings a certain amount of churn, usually with a slightly different crew, a different coach and a different coxswain.
    — Ted Diadiun, cleveland, 19 Mar. 2022
  • His mortar squad had to transfer to another landing craft after theirs was hit by artillery and took on water, the coxswain struggling but unable to control it.
    — Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News, 25 Sep. 2021
  • Sidoo discussed the possibility that at least one son, Jordan, a coxswain in high school, be recruited to Stanford.
    — New York Times, 17 July 2019
  • According to tradition, if a race was won, the coxswain would be tossed into the Schuylkill River (an unfathomable outcome).
    — Rick Helfenbein, Forbes, 1 Feb. 2022
  • President Biden’s Trade Policy is not very different from the coxswain’s story.
    — Rick Helfenbein, Forbes, 1 Feb. 2022
  • As a student at Harvard, Tisch walked on to the men’s crew team and became the coxswain, yelling at the rowers and leading the team to a national championship.
    — Dodai Stewart, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Dec. 2022

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