Example Sentences

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A rise in food prices, which had been propelling rapid inflation for more than a year, appears to be cooling off.

From New York Times • Dec. 13, 2022

Seeing that the distance was too great for them to do any havoc, the six who had been propelling the igarité dropped their bows, and once more took to the paddles.

From Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops by Reid, Mayne

Atmananda reminded us that the powers from his past lives had been "cycling" through him and had been propelling him into basement samadhi and beyond.

From Take Me for a Ride: coming of age in a destructive cult by Laxer, Mark Eliot

Physically, Houston had been propelling himself toward the open door.

From The Penal Cluster by Garrett, Randall