Use "propping" in a sentence

1. lay next to her, propping himself up with his elbow on the floor so he could still

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2. I then sat back on the bed with the pillows propping me up smoking a fag and I was just finishing it off when there was a knock on the door

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3. Propping her chin up with her hands, she stared out at the hills

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4. They gripped her roughly by the upper arms and dragged her back to Amethyst Tower, propping her up as she stumbled with terror back to her cell

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5. He’d been propping up the lousy Mayor for years, mostly because of his sense of duty to the Halflings of Thimble Down

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6. Her arms were cramped from propping her head up all night

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7. feet into the hot interior, propping his heels against the stick

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8. There was a movement beside her, and Reese had rolled up onto the ledge, propping himself up on one elbow, gazing down at her in tense concern

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9. Propping himself up on a stanchion, he listened for the local voice

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10. “Feel better, my love?” Beth asked, propping herself on one elbow and dabbing perspiration from his brow

11. Amonas then braced Hilderich from under his armpits with both arms trying not to cause him any more pain, and dragged him over to the large trunk of a tree propping him up against it so he could breathe without fear of drowning in his own blood

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12. Hilderich nodded in agonizing agreement and Amonas grabbed him by the arms and lifted him upwards, propping him upright against the trunk of the tree

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13. And I see them: outside, a traitor Dauntless man, propping up a woman with a bleeding leg

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14. “Would you?” I lift my own gun, propping it up on my left shoulder instead of my right

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15. I noticed the barman from lunchtime was no longer there; instead the bar was staffed by a couple of harassed looking girls, doing their best to serve the drinks, take meal orders and chat with the few customers who were propping up the bar

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16. Propping her elbows on either side of her plate, her chin dropped between her hands

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17. Propping the bald and helpless head, and cleaning

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18. propping a smal baby in arm and holding the hand of a young

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19. It is the underlying realm of light that is the fundamental reality propping up our physical universe, says Haisch

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20. propping himself on an elbow to look at her

21. I understand," he said, propping his head on clasped hands

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22. Steve and Curly Pete sat opposite her in a quiet corner of the Public House, Sheila had gone to use the rest rooms and the pub is fairly quiet of customers with just a couple of old men propping the bar up

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23. Cory shifted on his bed, propping his head up on his hand, staring at me

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24. Donna perched on one of the bar stools, propping her elbows on the snack bar and resting her chin on the heels of her hands as she regarded the red marks on Sam’s back and shoulders

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25. Leaning over with hands propping chin, Steven took several slow, deep breaths, yielding himself some time to collect his thoughts

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26. He raised his upper body slightly, propping up on his elbows to

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27. He was waiting on the pavement for her, one arm propping up a parking meter

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28. They rushed to help him, Robert bringing him water, and Ethan propping him up

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29. Deanna was propping him up, preventing him from melting to the floor

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30. “So?” Paul said, propping his feet on the side of the desk beside him

31. A millisecond later, in an attempt to give the appearance that he had been waiting in her office ever since his computer club meeting ended, he jumped into his mother’s chair and leaned backwards – propping his feet on the corner of her desk

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32. Richter stood and circled the desk before propping himself on the back of Hardin’s chair

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33. ” I turned away, two fingers propping my mouth open

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34. Roopa Rao at some point of time? Would Sandhya then object to his bigamy? Oh no, never, life in the offing would be thrilling and vibrant, with Saroja too propping it up

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35. were propping him up

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36. propping the backboard on an old waterlogged stump, he walked over

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37. “Get some rest,” Lucas said, carrying over a second pillow and propping it under her head

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38. She read books of travel, she learned poetry by heart, she grew skilful at combining her studies with her cooking; and propping up Keats on the dresser could run to him for a fresh line in the very middle of the pudding almost without the pudding minding

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39. Priscilla made no objection, and he at once removed it beyond the reach of his mother's eye, propping it up in a dark corner of the passage and telling Mrs

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40. Corey rushed over, changing out one of the pillows propping her up with the one he fluffed

41. Then Sam was there pulling him up, propping him against another tree

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42. I pushed off the bed, propping myself up so that I could look straight at him

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43. It took years of the landed gentry propping up lower class public figures like Adams, to turn the idea of rebellion into a popular cause

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44. We were propping the bar and after a few beers he decided to make his moves

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45. Propping her bare feet on the dash of the car, she settled down to read

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46. With unnatural strength he had succeeded in propping himself on his elbow

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47. Now Florinda wept, and spent the day wandering the streets; stood at Chelsea watching the river swim past; trailed along the shopping streets; opened her bag and powdered her cheeks in omnibuses; read love letters, propping them against the milk pot in the A

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48. One of those who supported it, leaving the burden to his comrades, advanced to meet him, flourishing a forked stick that he had for propping up the stand when resting, and with this he caught a mighty cut Don Quixote made at him that severed it in two; but with the portion that remained in his hand he dealt such a thwack on the shoulder of Don Quixote's sword arm (which the buckler could not protect against the clownish assault) that poor Don Quixote came to the ground in a sad plight

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49. dread now was lest the stone through which the sentry was doomed to fall should give way before its right time, and this they had in some measure provided against by propping it up with a small beam which they had discovered in the walls through which they had worked their way

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50. "The Hurons, if they come, may not gain our position so easily as they think," he slowly muttered; and propping his head back against the rock, he seemed to await the result in patience, though his gaze was unceasingly bent on the open avenue to their place of retreat

51. The Three Young Bucks filed in and sat in a row on the couch in front of the blazing fire, propping their wet boots up on the stone hearth

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52. Serena studied them both before finally propping her elbows on the bar

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53. There was a wooden seat that folded down that I draped with a multicolored striped scarf, propping my Artaud book against the peeling mirror

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54. especially the ears that struck her at the moment as propping up the brim of his round hat

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55. He sank into one of Gairwyl’s camp chairs, leaning both elbows on the library table, propping his chin in his palms, and his eyes were dreamy

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56. General Barrios, in a shabby blue tunic and white peg-top trousers falling upon strange red boots, kept his head uncovered and stooped slightly, propping himself up with a thick stick

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57. We went for a quick drink in the Granada Television bar and tried to catch the eye of a barmaid serving the actors who played Stan Ogden and Albert Tatlock, who were propping up the bar just as they’d done for years at the Rovers Return on the set of Coronation Street

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58. The insiders are propping the market up, selling stock accumulated in the price waterfall, before taking it lower

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59. Candace’s voice ran out and she just sat there, hands propping up her head, staring hard at the table, silent

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60. They lay out full, propping their heads so the water wouldn't come to their mouths, and they closed their eyes

61. They lay out full, propping their heads up so the water wouldn’t come to their mouths, and they closed their eyes

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62. “Look,” the president said, leaning forward and propping his elbows on his knees

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63. "Oh, mercy! why do his ears look like that?" she thought, looking at his frigid and imposing figure, and especially the ears that struck her at the moment as propping up the brim of his round hat

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64. They began examining him, propping the culprit against the stove to do so more conveniently, and saw that it really was not a case of drunkenness, nor had he had a blow, but that something else was wrong, for Semyon Ivanovitch could not utter a word, but seemed twitching in a sort of convulsion, and only blinked, fixing his eyes in bewilderment first on one and then on another of the spectators, who were all attired in night array

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65. When he had finished his prayers, he lay down upon the bed near me, and, propping himself upon his elbow, looked at me in silence, with a kindly, yet abashed, expression

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66. " The committee, for reasons which I shall not stop to disclose, have thought it important to introduce this, by way of propping the second one

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67. Macon,) claim the right of censuring in matters equally within his sole and peculiar province? If, then, we are to interfere with Executive duties, not merely as sycophants, applauding his every act, but as freemen condemning what we do not approve, the inevitable consequence must be, a conflict between the Executive and Legislative Departments, in which the wounds of either can only be inflicted through the constitution; or (an issue equally fatal) the advantages intended to be derived from separate deliberation, distinct responsibility, and mutual jealousy and watchfulness of the separate departments disappear, in a miserable complaisance of acting by previous concert, and thus propping each other before the people

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68. Speaker, I do not oppose this bill because it professes to give some relief to those merchants whose vessels sailed before the date of the proclamation, and which may have departed from a British port, prior to the 2d of February, 1811, but, sir, because I wish to rid the country of this whole consumptive system; and, if that cannot be done, I will not aid in propping up the President's proclamation, by taking from the judiciary of the country the power of deciding on its validity, which is one of the avowed objects of this bill

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