PROPULSIVE in a Sentence

Learn PROPULSIVE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

Example sentences for PROPULSIVE, such as:

1. To the whale, his tail is the sole means of propulsion.
2. Spacecraft propulsion is any method used to change the velocity of spacecraft and artificial satellites.

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 Meanings and Examples of PROPULSIVE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
propulsive
 a.  driving forward; having power to propel
Classic Sentence:
1  To the whale, his tail is the sole means of propulsion.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 86. The Tail.
2  A bird's wing, comrades," he said, "is an organ of propulsion and not of manipulation.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter III
3  Immense combined propulsions direct human affairs and conduct them within a given time to a logical state, that is to say, to a state of equilibrium; that is to say, to equity.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER IV—THE TWO DUTIES: TO WATCH AND TO HOPE
Example Sentence:
1  The jet plane has a greater propulsive power than the engine-driven plane.
2  Spacecraft propulsion is any method used to change the velocity of spacecraft and artificial satellites.