How to Use propeller in a Sentence

propeller

noun

• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Tossing our packs out of the rear cargo hold, Jesse fired up the propeller and was gone in minutes.
  — Emily Pennington, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Jan. 2023
• The Coast Guard had dropped nets into the water to try to stall the boat’s propeller, but without success.
  — Kyle Melnick, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Aug. 2023
• The Texas Parks and Wildlife report also states that Elliott was struck by the boat propeller and killed.
  — Adam Sabes, Fox News, 10 Aug. 2022
• At one point Valeri let Oleg steer, and the boy ran the stern of the boat into an ice floe, bending the engine’s propeller.
  — Longreads, 2 Mar. 2022
• Grabbing the propeller blade, a crew member spun it hard.
  — David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Jan. 2022
• On the last pass, one of the Su-27s reportedly clipped the Reaper’s pusher propeller.
  — Eric Tegler, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2023
• We are swamped in the wake of their yachts and chopped up by the propeller blades, even if the billionaires, sitting on the top deck, scarcely feel a bump.
  — James Poniewozik, New York Times, 26 May 2023
• The director flew solo in a tiny propeller plane to get there.
  — Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 June 2022
• The Guardian reported that the crash caused Vaughan to fall overboard where she was struck by the boat’s propeller.
  — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 6 Aug. 2023
• Both of her feet were severed by the vessel’s propeller.
  — Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 22 Dec. 2022
• Luckily, many drones have spare parts in the event of a broken or lost propeller.
  — Jessica Hartshorn and Emma Seymour, Good Housekeeping, 9 Nov. 2022
• To fly, the drone needs high-speed propellers to throw a lot of lightweight air around as fast as possible.
  — Harry Guinness, Popular Science, 8 June 2023
• To board the Rolling Stones, the crew from the Raindancer transferred to the dinghy with a few essentials, then detached the life raft so it wouldn’t get caught in the boat’s propeller.
  — Karen Schwartz, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Mar. 2023
• Fouled propellers, fruitless days on the water, crabs jumping out of the pot and running from him.
  — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2023
• The submersible started the tour at the bow of the ship, making its way to the stern, toward the propeller that had broken into two pieces when the ship sank in April 1912.
  — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 20 June 2023
• By the end of the spot, Harper is piloting his little blue propeller plane off the runway.
  — Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 10 Jan. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024