dog-paddle

Where the fishermen are located now, they have to take their boats and dog-paddle way around a bend.

Gringos in Paradise Barry Golson 2006

All I do is dog-paddle, and they won't let me do it.

CNN Transcript Dec 27, 2006 2006

Where the fishermen are located now, they have to take their boats and dog-paddle way around a bend.

Gringos in Paradise Barry Golson 2006

Only when he'd had enough did the mutt dog-paddle out, trot onto shore, and shake himself dry.

Lost And Found Foster, Alan Dean 2004

Spitting out water, sputtering at the unexpected icy contact, he began to dog-paddle toward the rocky shore, shaking his head and sending sparkling droplets flying from the ends of his long hair.

Kingdoms of Light Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2001

Desperately, Petey began a furious dog-paddle in an effort to retrieve it but within seconds realized it was hopeless.

Mary Higgins Clark & Carol Higgins Clark Ebook Christmas Set Mary Higgins Clark 2000

If I tried to dog-paddle, my father would tell me to crawl, and if I did that I would choke.

Summer of Deliverance Christopher Dickey 1998

If I tried to dog-paddle, my father would tell me to crawl, and if I did that I would choke.

Summer of Deliverance Christopher Dickey 1998

And my swimming isn't much better than a dog-paddle for survival.

The Spellsong War Modesitt, L. E. 1998

If I tried to dog-paddle, my father would tell me to crawl, and if I did that I would choke.

Summer of Deliverance Christopher Dickey 1998