The remaining canoes had turned back and were paddling desperately for the south bank.

Orn paddled desperately to maintain his balance as she lost hers.

He spotted a small green frog which was paddling desperately in the grip of the inexorable current.

After paddling desperately for an interminable length of time Bill came to more mud.

Gally was paddling desperately beside him, chin barely held above the water, panic on his straining face.

They paddled desperately, splashing and gasping for air, but the noise encompassed them, dominating all other sounds.

Prince Rhun, drenched to the skin, paddled desperately with his hands.

I slipped into a dream in which a lost kitten paddled desperately in a boiling sea.

The surfers paddled desperately to get out of the way.

She lay flat on the board paddling desperately towards a dimly seen shore, as darkness and rain fell simultaneously.