Example Sentences

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The rebound from the March selloff has been strong — but stock-market breadth hasn’t been quite as propulsive as what investors witnessed coming out of the April 2025 tariff tantrum.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

It gave the show a propulsive energy, with the septet sprinting up and down the compass-point catwalks that extended from the stage, surrounded by pyrotechnics, walls of flame and thousands of LED lights.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

That’s the basic plot of Kathryn Bigelow’s A House of Dynamite, a propulsive thriller distributed by Netflix and available to stream since October.

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2026

His first major recording boasted startlingly propulsive performances of Beethoven’s Fifth and Seventh Symphonies, with the uproarious Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela, recorded 20 years ago this month.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

Peoples, why are they so compelsive, no, what is the word, propulsive, no, obsessive, yes obsessive!

From "The Unfinished Angel" by Sharon Creech