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Example sentences for: propel

How can you use “propel” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

According to Stephen Sondheim, Jonathan Larson had managed to do what so many Broadway writers had tried and failed for years to do: He'd used the language of rock to propel a theater piece.
The incident was initially viewed as a triumph for Chernomyrdin--until the terrorists, now Chechen national heroes, used the incident to propel themselves to power.
(Gorney introduces us to hundreds of other activists, but it is Widdicombe and Lee who propel the narrative.)
Quality alone isn't enough to propel a film to great box-office heights, as the recent failures of Out of Sight and Rushmore demonstrate.
That, plus an author tour or appearance on national TV shows, can propel readers into stores fast enough to get a book on the list.