propelled; propelling
: to drive forward or onward by or as if by means of a force that imparts motion
Examples of propel in a Sentence
He grabbed him and propelled him through the door.
The train is propelled by steam.
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Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 16 Feb. 2026
So though the Ice Age propelled mass movement, these traditions stayed the same.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 15 Feb. 2026
Policymakers are interested too, debating whether public policy and taxpayer money should be used to propel off-site construction from niche application to a regular, if not dominant, feature of the industry.
—Ben Christopher, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
Russia is now propelled by not Marxism but nationalism under the two-beamed cross of Orthodoxy.
—Josef Joffe, The Atlantic, 14 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for propel
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“Propel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/propel. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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propel
verb
pro·pel
prə-ˈpel 
propelled; propelling
: to push or drive usually forward or onward
a bicycle is propelled by pedals
propelled by the crowd
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