Words similar to propulsion

Example sentences for: propulsion

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

I term this rate of reduction of age-specific mortality risk ‘actuarial escape velocity’ (AEV), because an individual's remaining life expectancy is affected by aging and by improvements in life-extending therapy in a way qualitatively very similar to how the remaining life expectancy of someone jumping off a cliff is affected by, respectively, gravity and upward jet propulsion (Figure 1).
Their electronic propulsion systems tended to conk out, especially when braking, causing them to smash one dock after another.
In this Wolfe succeeds ably, infusing his tale with characteristic wit, verve, and narrative propulsion.
There being no way into this story other than through the briefings and access provided by the mission's organizer, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the Mars pieces in the New York Times, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times are relentlessly similar.
Several recent examples include GAO«s review of the process the Forest Service used to modify the Tongass National Forest plan,9 the process used by NASA to contract for the design and delivery of the international space station propulsion module,10 and the process used by the Army Corps of Engineers in preparing an environmental impact statement for actions related to the Snake River dams.