Sentence examples for propping from inspiring English sources

The word 'propping' is correct and commonly used in written English
It is the present participle form of the verb 'prop', which means to support or hold something in place. Example: The actors were propping up the set with wooden beams and ropes to make sure it wouldn't collapse during the play.

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propping

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Present participle of prop

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The British foreign secretary, Philip Hammond, was photographed in the first ministerial meeting at 7am, propping his head up with his hands.

Yes, this month, the Word of Mouth blog that is trying to identify the best iterations of our favourite dishes, is propping up the newspaper on the cruet set, pouring itself a coffee and considering eggs Benedict.

So in what sense was Britain "saved" and made "Great' again?" Helen Self Maidstone, Kent Byy saying trade unionism had "gone beyond the pale" in the late 70s and then bemoaning that Thatcher demolished the voice of "ordinary working people", David Stapleton (Letters, 18 April) demonstrates the kind of muddled thinking that has today's social democrats propping up a vicious right-wing government.

Although eurozone leaders are playing down the Kremlin visit, the talks are bound to further alienate foreign lenders propping up the moribund Greek economy.

The fact that Sandra is psychologically unstable and continually in need of propping up by her husband only adds to her plight.

"Instead of propping up dirty and inefficient coal power stations, the government should be focusing on incentives to reduce energy demand and supporting the growth of modern technologies like 'demand response' which are far cleaner and could save millions on consumer bills".

Meanwhile, a mystery investor has been propping up the tenge by selling hundreds of millions of dollars a day, according to Halyk Finance in Almaty.

I think our ability to demonstrate that we were still Liberal Democrats and not just propping up a Tory government has not come across in the past year, and that is ultimately why we paid a very, very heavy price on Thursday night.

The ECB has been propping up Greece's commercial banks with emergency lending that the other eurozone countries, which are the ECB's shareholders, fear may never be repaid.

Propping up the bar at the Bowling Green pub with a pint one sunny morning ("Make sure you put that I'm on nights"), local Robert Burcher explained how pubs an important focal point for the community.

At worst, however, it could behave as a bureaucratic parasite, propping up weaker operators at the expense of stronger ones, and restricting capital-raising by stronger subsidiaries in order to maintain its own equity control.

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