How to use "propel" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "propel" in popular movie and book plots

  • Cooper, having used his space suit's oxygen supply to propel himself back to the ship, appears at the bridge window.  - Event Horizon (film)
  • Her management by JJ Merrick helps her to scale new heights in the celebrity world, where her freshness help propel her upwards.  - Whatever It Takes (2009 film)
  • No other planet whose gravity could halt their outward flight (their solar sail can only propel them away from the Sun) is within reach.  - Gateway to Strangeness
  • Shortly thereafter, the aliens propel a massive metal rod at a nearby volcano, triggering an eruption that destroys Orithena.  - Anathem
  • Teresa's discoveries horrify her, but propel her into action.  - The Extremes
  • Going for speed again, the Coyote then builds a contraption made from a fan, a sail, and roller skates to propel himself down the road.  - Scrambled Aches
  • All the while, he's looking for a story big enough to propel him back to the realm of credibility.  - The Hunting Party (2007 film)
  • Circumstances propel the two into a fancy restaurant in the company of Mme.  - On the Razzle (play)
  • Cooper decides to use Gargantua as a gravitational slingshot to propel the ship toward Edmunds' planet as a last effort to fulfil "Plan B".  - Interstellar (film)
  • John manages to hold his breath and propel himself towards another airlock and back into the prison.  - Fortress 2: Re-Entry
  • An oar is an implement used to propel boats".  - Expendable
  • Lefarge" – propel her into investigation.  - They Came to Baghdad
  • This begins to propel them towards Vesta, where a small community of humans lives.  - Marooned off Vesta
  • Aloha also removes and hides the twelve jet pods that propel each world.  - Jumping Flash!
  • Each world in the Cluster is discovered to be equipped with "World Engines", massive drive systems which can propel the planets through space.  - Shadow Raiders
  • The actors in Brum do not speak – mime and off-screen narration help propel the story.  - Brum (TV series)

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