- present participle of propel.
propelling
Example Sentences
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It used creative debt financing backed by its customer contracts to scale up quickly and drew an investment from Nvidia, propelling it to an initial public offering about a year ago.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
Her win is credited with propelling her into a decades-long career.
From BBC • May 14, 2026
They want the insider scoop over these worlds that still capture our imaginations, propelling them into new and fantastical places while keeping us grounded in human creativity.
From Salon • May 6, 2026
But that strategy has dramatically backfired, propelling the aging franchise closer to the brink of the point of no return.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026
Your mother never felt quite at home, and this made the possibility of some other place essential to her, propelling her to The Mecca, propelling her to New York and then beyond.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
