Sentence examples for propel upward from inspiring English sources

Outsiders are watching with interest to see whether Mr. Kerrey can work the same kind of magic that John Brademas, the former Indiana congressman, worked as president of New York University, which he helped propel upward in prestige.

They create an environment where the money of low-income people bleeds out through predatory alternative financial institutions and leaves little left over to nourish families and propel upward mobility.

Use your legs to propel upward from a hanging position.

The whale propels upward like a submarine surfacing from the depths, water pouring from it.

A round was dropped down the tube, which was inserted into the ground at an angle, and propelled upward by an explosive charge.

Prices were propelled upward by a tautological justification: if you were rich enough to buy in the Hamptons, you were, by definition, a superior judge of the market.

What we're seeing today is the mirror image of the hysteria that gripped the market three years ago, when stocks were routinely propelled upward on the flimsiest of positive rumors.

Medicare costs are propelled upward by increases in prices for medical care and by an imminent explosion in the number of retirees as 76 million members of the baby boom generation become eligible for benefits.

But there are other images hard to forget, not least the tiny Valentyna Pahlevanyan suspended by five large translucent helium balloons, floating out over the crowds and being propelled upward again and again by helpful members of the audience, as she squeals like Betty Boop.

The solar corona is heated by jets of plasma propelled upward from the region immediately above the Sun's surface.

"Stream" has him floating or falling just above a rough zigzag of intense aqua, as if propelled upward momentarily by a blast.