How to Use propeller in a Sentence

propeller

noun

• The guns and the propeller and things like that were stolen years ago.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 19 June 2024
• The fan doesn’t spin in the open air, like a propeller does.
  — Rob Verger, Popular Science, 14 Oct. 2020
• The child was then struck by the boat’s rear propeller.
  — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Aug. 2023
• Both variants have a propeller in the back to push it through the air.
  — Rob Verger, Popular Science, 26 Oct. 2023
• Judd said the victim's shirt was found wrapped around the propeller of the boat.
  — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 29 Nov. 2022
• The chain slipped over the side, dragging down one side of the ship so far that the starboard propeller was in the air.
  — Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 10 May 2020
• Now, its hull basked in the sunlight; its propeller was above the waves.
  — New York Times, 16 Nov. 2019
• The Pistol Pete is a pint-size prop bait with a tiny propeller on the front of the fly.
  — T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream, 12 Mar. 2020
• The plane's body followed, and then the front propeller pushed down onto the ground and stayed in place.
  — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 30 July 2020
• But it was caught in a stiff wind on take off and crashed, shearing off the propeller.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 31 Dec. 2022
• In the video, the propeller stops and Jacob, wearing skydiving gear, opens the door of the plane and jumps.
  — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 12 May 2023
• When the feed resumes, the drone’s propeller is shown to be damaged.
  — Lara Jakes Lara Jakes Michael Crowley Nick Cumming-Bruce Helene Cooper Matthew Mpoke Bigg Lara Jakes Anushka Patil Lara Jakes Lara Jakes Andrew Higgins Andrew Higgins Marc Santora Andrew Higgins Valerie Hopkins Nick Cumming-Bruce Nick Cumming-Bruce Valerie Hopkins Valerie Hopkins Marc Santora Eric Schmitt Anushka Patil Carly Olson Valerie Hopkins Eric Schmitt Eric Schmitt Matthew Mpoke Bigg, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2023
• As the propellers move the craft forward, the plane is held aloft by the cushion of air between it and the water.
  — Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Feb. 2023
• About a minute and a half into the video, the plane's propeller slows to a stop, and Jacob starts cursing.
  — Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 12 May 2023
• The propeller had landed in the yard of 4821 Montgomery Ave.
  — Washington Post, 5 June 2021
• When Moody fired the guns, the slugs struck the propeller, causing the plane to crash into the waters below.
  — Corey Williams, USA TODAY, 22 Aug. 2023
• The propeller sits in back for the same reason—a prop in the front would be unfriendly to smooth flow.
  — Rob Verger, Popular Science, 28 Sep. 2020
• He was injured by a boat propeller after the driver of the boat tried to search for the boy and couldn't see him in the water.
  — Grace Hauck, USA TODAY, 31 July 2023
• Aliyu got out and walked toward the front and was struck in the head by the propeller, killing him instantly, Futch says.
  — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 18 Oct. 2022
• Smoke sputtered out of the exhaust and the propeller spun, creating a strong wind that streamed away from the plane.
  — The Arizona Republic, 26 Dec. 2022
• Her son wore a hat with a propeller on it, like Dennis the Menace.
  — Ew Staff, EW.com, 4 May 2021
• No one was hurt, and only two of the plane’s propellers were damaged.
  — Paula Allen, ExpressNews.com, 23 Nov. 2019
• The propeller and rudder that were removed from the ship will be donated to the state.
  — Nedra Rhone, ajc, 23 Dec. 2019
• As Murcia fought to free the aircraft, one of its wheels hit a divot, tilting the plane so much that the propeller bumped the ground.
  — Longreads, 1 Feb. 2024
• These new 496-foot frigates will be built out of steel and use propeller propulsion.
  — Andrew Dyer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2021
• The boy’s shirt was found wrapped around the boat’s propeller following the accident but the boy has still not been found.
  — Jon Haworth, ABC News, 29 Nov. 2022
• About the size and shape of a football, the tiny motor and propeller packs a powerful punch.
  — Field & Stream, 19 Mar. 2021
• In Myanmar, both sides have come to fear the whir of the propeller blades agitating the air above them.
  — Paul Mozur Adam Ferguson, New York Times, 4 May 2024
• The boat’s propeller spun in the air, useless; my son looked at me, uncertain.
  — Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2024
• The biggest and heaviest piece of debris was the central part of a propeller with much of its blades sheared off.
  — Ramy Inocencio, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 22 Oct 2024