Sentence examples for was propelled at from inspiring English sources

He did not disappoint and the ball was propelled at the promised speed.

The ball was propelled at 77mph, at least 10 mph slower than in his heyday, but it headed in the right direction.

"You could feel it in the happiness of the crowd that stayed for two hours singing 'Cielito Lindo.' " Propelled by those voices singing proudly and jubilantly in the stadium, and by the vocal celebrations and relieved sighs of millions throughout Mexico and the U.S., a certain noxious cloud and its stench was propelled, at least for the rest of this night, far out into the Pacific.

Detailed analysis of the video and time-lapse images demonstrates that the microengine was propelled at an ultrafast speed of around 3200 μm s−1 (Additional file 2: Video 1).

Kroonland was propelled at up to 17 kn by twin triple-expansion steam engines.

It has also been propelled - at times, almost single-handedly - by Mrs. Swan.

In an Amazon warehouse, for example, this means deciding which orders should be propelled at what time, and doing so as they are coming in.

The small, highly responsive squash ball is propelled at high speeds both to and from the front wall, and the pace of play is accordingly swift.

Luke Holland Giles Coren hosts a new gameshow with a simple premise: questions are propelled at a contestant until three consecutive answers prove incorrect, at which point they're replaced.

Besides, in many American cities, the most dangerous lead is not buried; it is propelled at high speed from the barrel of a gun.* "The Locality of Waste Sites within the City of Chicago: A Demographic, Social and Economic Analysis".

But the fact that it took Mr. Karzai almost a full day to respond to the Taliban's announcement — the most unequivocal signal to date that the insurgents are ready to talk — left lingering doubts about his willingness to play a secondary role in a reconciliation effort that is being propelled, at least for now, by the United States and its allies.