Sample Sentences for
propel
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    The publicity propelled the film to the top spot.
    propelled = pushed
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    The invention of the Internet propelled human progress.
    propelled = caused to move forward
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    This time he made an arrow out of his arms and used his legs to push off the bottom of the raft, all he had in his legs, to spring-snap and propel him down.  (source)
    propel = push
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    She put her hand on my back and propelled me forward.  (source)
    propelled = caused something to move forward
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    These are the qualities that define us as human beings, and propel us, on occasion, to greatness.†  (source)
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    Before I know it, my feet are propelling the rest of my body toward them.†  (source)
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    Peter gets up and propels me toward the door; he keeps one hand on the small of my back.†  (source)
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    Thornton came to, belly downward and being violently propelled back and forth across a drift log by Hans and Pete.  (source)
    propelled = pushed
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    He felt his legs spring up and propel him toward Jen's dad.†  (source)
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    Merrick scooted ahead of them on her old wooden Kiddie Kar, propelling it with her feet.†  (source)
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    He puts a hand on my elbow and propels me up the stairs, through the door, and into the living room, where Carol and Mrs. Scharff are waiting for us, smiling.†  (source)
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    They bit down, their great jaws propelled by a heavy piston attached to a large iron wheel.†  (source)
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    Certain conditions propel a stream of dry air from the mountains to the shoreline.†  (source)
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