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

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

  • The repentant Carl goes outside, only to see Russell sailing off with some balloons and the leaf blower as propulsion to try to rescue Kevin.  - Up (2009 film)
  • Meanwhile, Voyager discovers that the Borg cube's propulsion system is off-line.  - Collective (Star Trek: Voyager)
  • With its propulsion back in place, the ship rushes off to rescue Tom and B'Elanna, who have fallen asleep in each other's arms.  - Day of Honor
  • After , USS Voyager still remains without working warp propulsion and is infested with Borg technology.  - The Gift (Star Trek: Voyager)
  • The creature electrocutes Dalkey with one of its tentacles and flies away under the propulsion of hydrium.  - Skybreaker
  • They also avoid a further attempt to stop them by "test firing" the nuclear engine, flooding the launch pad with propulsion exhaust flame.  - Destination Moon (short story)
  • To outward appearances, Ebba has no other means of propulsion than its sails, but in fact it is pulled by an underwater tug.  - Facing the Flag
  • That test run is commanded by dr Oliver Drake, who designed the submarine's new nuclear propulsion system.  - Attack from Atlantis
  • Poole works as a consultant designing space propulsion systems, and dreams of being able to one day explore the stars.  - Transcendent (novel)
  • The flooded propulsion systems of the space-plane are unable to provide enough thrust to break free and take off from the ocean surface.  - Rocheworld
  • The Doctor is marched to the core of the spacecraft, where he spots an ion propulsion system.  - The Ice Warriors
  • Cybermen), to work on the propulsion system on the surface of the planet.  - Spare Parts (Doctor Who)
  • As the hallucinations worsen for Seven, she finds that the ship's propulsion system is failing.  - One (Star Trek: Voyager)
  • The faster than light propulsion employed by Earthmen has the side-effect of stunning the human nervous system to a variable degree.  - The World Well Lost
  • Both ships enter an unexplored sector of space, and shortly thereafter, lose all propulsion power.  - Arena (Star Trek: The Original Series)
  • Massive cones, which the astronauts theorise are part of Rama's propulsion system, stand at its 'southern' end.  - Rendezvous with Rama

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