On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Propping. Discover the meaning, how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Propping meaning
present participle and gerund of prop
Using Propping
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of prop
- In the example corpus, propping often appears in combinations such as: propping up, is propping, and propping.
Context around Propping
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 10 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Propping
- In this selection, "propping" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, fist, policy, physically and open stand out and add context to how "propping" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include bulbs and propping open doors and companies is propping up competitors. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "propping" sits close to words such as aficionados, aiadmk and airships, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with propping
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
And I’m in the front three for propping. (9 words)
A further round of propping up followed the pandemic and the war in Ukraine. (14 words)
Propping up the bottom of the table were Wizz Air (customer score: 48%) and Ryanair (52%). (16 words)
Flanked by the ever-regal Queen Mother and Princess Margaret on either side, the young heir to the throne was described as “unusually solemn” in the image caption, his elbow resting on a ledge with a balled-up fist propping up his tired head. (44 words)
While there has been much discussion over the market’s narrow breadth, which has come in the form of a handful of mega caps single-handedly propping up the this year, many overseas exchanges have been teeming with vitality. (39 words)
Leave it to the media mob to attack her and them while propping up a transgender lawmaker from Missoula who isn’t man or woman enough to simply apologize for breaking House rules and move on. (36 words)
Conversely, would a Farage political comeback be more likely to involve the propping up of Reform UK, which is currently polling in double digits, as disgruntled Brexit-backing voters threaten to desert the Tories? (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
And I’m in the front three for propping.
Chairs can be turned to “other purposes”, she says, from changing light bulbs and propping open doors to a precarious base for sex, rather than just supporting inert bodies.
Conversely, would a Farage political comeback be more likely to involve the propping up of Reform UK, which is currently polling in double digits, as disgruntled Brexit-backing voters threaten to desert the Tories?
Flanked by the ever-regal Queen Mother and Princess Margaret on either side, the young heir to the throne was described as “unusually solemn” in the image caption, his elbow resting on a ledge with a balled-up fist propping up his tired head.
For two years, Democrats in Washington banked on supply-side fiscal policy propping up consumer demand to pull the U.S. economy out of pandemic-driven doldrums.
Inevitably this will mean serious reflection at its (ongoing) history of propping up dictators and turning a blind eye to human rights abuses in the name of diplomacy.
In the ’80s film “Weekend at Bernie’s,” two insurance workers pretend that their dead boss is still alive, resorting to ridiculous measures like physically propping up his corpse and manipulating his limbs.
Leave it to the media mob to attack her and them while propping up a transgender lawmaker from Missoula who isn’t man or woman enough to simply apologize for breaking House rules and move on.
Moments later Sepulveda and Dunlap are seen sitting on the ground together, with Dunlap apparently propping up the woman.
Propping up the bottom of the table were Wizz Air (customer score: 48%) and Ryanair (52%).
Sarah Perling takes a picture of Amy Painter (left) and Kate McBride (right) acting like they’re propping up the Clerestory that will be set atop the Babcock Building in Columbia on Wednesday, July 26, 2023.
Senate Republicans are rolling out a provocative new strategy as they try to boost the GOP’s chances in Arizona next year: propping up incumbent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema.
That much extra money in circulation buys at least a few years of consumer spending, propping up jobs numbers.
The collapse of one of the largest U.S. trucking companies is propping up competitors and raising prices in a lean freight market.
The remnants of the Haitian government cannot offer much support for the effort, and the Haitian people would likely turn against peacekeepers as invaders or accuse them of propping up a local government they despise.
The report added that further propping might be needed of panels that remained in danger of collapsing.
The reports a further 50 have been installing "mitigations" throughout the year, including propping up potentially dangerous ceilings.
While there has been much discussion over the market’s narrow breadth, which has come in the form of a handful of mega caps single-handedly propping up the this year, many overseas exchanges have been teeming with vitality.
A further round of propping up followed the pandemic and the war in Ukraine.
Almost two years after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the war has ground to a halt and Ukraine’s economy desperately needs propping up.
Common combinations with propping
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- propping up 73×
- is propping 7×
- and propping 5×
- of propping 5×
- been propping 5×
- was propping 4×
- propping it 4×
- for propping 3×
- by propping 3×
- propping him 3×