Synonyms

1. impel

Sentence Examples

1. As he ran, he realized that the only way he might make it was to leap from the bridge and hope that he was close enough to the other side for his momentum to propel him far enough to the ledge of the cliff.
2. By means of the rudder we instantly effected the necessary change of direction, and our course was brought nearly at right angles to that of the wind when we set in motion the spring of the screw, and were rejoiced to find it propel us readily as desired.
3. Hair trailing behind like the mane of a galloping colt, Lance caught sight of a ramp beside the incomplete bleachers, a ramp that rose up to the height of those bleachers, a ramp that would propel him up and over the crowd to Arthur.
4. Thick veined hands grasped the oars and began to propel the boat back down the river.
5. It drenched them all over again, but the impact helped to propel them closer to the shore.
6. He launched himself at Rock, calling to the power of his water magic to propel him forward with superhuman speed.
7. Evan used an energy bolt next to propel the devil back, off into the trees.
8. You propel yourself and I run behind you with my hands on the handles.
9. He felt with the toes of his right climbing shoe onto the top corner of the plastic seat back and pushed off to propel himself up into the chute.
10. But, in all the experiments made with models at the Adelaide Gallery, it was found that the operation of these fans not only did not propel the machine, but actually impeded its flight.