How to Use pirogue in a Sentence

pirogue

noun
  • Kathy Gerken raced in a pirogue that was handmade by her mother 15 years ago.
    — Tana R.h. Stevenson, NOLA.com, 14 June 2017
  • Hours before sunup every weekday, Adama and his five-man crew roll their pirogues out to sea.
    — Chidinma Irene Nwoye, Quartz Africa, 27 Feb. 2020
  • Sometimes the danger is a super trawler whose wake can easily swamp a pirogue.
    — Andrew Jacobs, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2017
  • Sometimes the danger is a super trawler whose wake can easily swamp a pirogue.
    — Andrew Jacobs, The Seattle Times, 29 Apr. 2017
  • Pulling his pirogue up to one of the buoys, marked by a white tassel flag, Camara began to pull in a net.
    — Rachel Chason and Chloe Sharrock, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Fishermen in pirogue canoes said waters that used to yield massive hauls are now nearly devoid of fish.
    — Rachel Chason and Chloe Sharrock, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Stop to visit a fishing village on the way, and learn about the economy and culture that have grown up around these pirogue-paddling fishermen.
    — National Geographic, 12 June 2019
  • For the migrants on the pirogue off Dakar, the terror unfolded in the early morning darkness not more than 50 yards from shore.
    — Dionne Searcey, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Aug. 2023
  • Reaching these places means bouncing for hours down sandy riverbeds, or even piling motorcycles into a pirogue, crossing the river and riding them in.
    — New York Times, 18 June 2018
  • Offshore, kite surfers dance across the lagoon while fishermen paddle slender pirogues above shallow coral gardens alive with neon wrasse and ghostly butterflyfish.
    — Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Pointe-au-Chenes Wildlife Management area, $5 million for new fishing piers, boat pull-overs, a parking lot, bridge, pirogue and boat launches, boat docks and bulkheads.
    — Mark Schleifstein, NOLA.com, 23 Apr. 2018

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