The phrase "able to propel" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing the capability of something to move or drive forward, often in a mechanical or metaphorical context.
Example: "The new engine design is able to propel the vehicle at high speeds with greater efficiency."
Alternatives: "capable of driving" or "able to move forward."
Against that backdrop, consumers will not be able to propel the economy forward.
If somebody buried me in the earth, I'd be able to propel myself out of it.
Competitive trampolines are larger and more powerful than backyard models, able to propel athletes as high as 30 feet.
Tall and with an impressive physique, Hobden was able to propel a cricket ball at 85-90mph with seemingly minimal effort.
Development of Orion, capable of deep space missions, is to continue, and the bill directs NASA to develop a heavy-lift rocket able to propel a payload of at least 70 tons.
Passengers in the airy, naturally lighted $388 million terminal will be able to propel iridescent-winged acrylic "butterflies" up wires using a mechanical hand crank in the local artist Charles Sowers's interactive kinetic sculpture "Butterfly Wall".
Although he rallied Brooklynites of a certain age around their heroes of years past, Mr. Adler left one goal unaccomplished: he was never able to help propel Hodges to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Now, a new study reports that the brainless creatures are nonetheless able to move in a coordinated way, by designating one limb as the "front-facing" limb, and using two others to propel forward.
Some children with ataxia (10%) or spastic bilateral CP (25%) may be able to self-propel a manual wheelchair but most of them are more likely to become independent using a powered wheelchair.
Some children with ataxic or spastic bilateral CP may be able to self-propel a manual wheelchair but most of them are more likely to become independent using a powered wheelchair.
The chickens were able to hover but unable to propel themselves forward.
