propping in English

verb
1
position something underneath (someone or something) for support.
she propped her chin in the palm of her right hand
synonyms:hold upshore upbolster upbuttresssupportbraceunderpin

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Below are sample sentences containing the word "propping" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "propping", or refer to the context using the word "propping" in the English Dictionary.

1. Help the victim to get comfortable, propping him with pillows if necessary.

2. Building materials and prefabricated elements, strutting and propping materials, shuttering, not of metal

3. She sat in the sofa with her legs propping on a small stool.

4. Synonyms for Backstopping include helping, supporting, backing, aiding, assisting, abetting, propping up, bearing a hand, seconding and promoting

5. Your role in propping up Captain Flint was made clear when you assaulted my captain the other night.

6. 27 Propping up the bottom of the top 100 was, you guessed it, another compilation of repeat film footage.

7. 30 China's car market exploded in 200 propping up an ailing global industry and relegating the U.S. to the second spot.

8. Learn how to help Baby sit up in various ways including; propping, providing lap time, and using a baby seat

9. It is time to impress upon him and the generals still propping him up that democracy is not the alternative to stability.

10. The United Nations reports that the Iranian regime spends at least $6 billion every year propping up the murderous Assad regime in Syria.

11. Aquaculture is a lifeline for some regional towns, supporting thousands of kiwi families with meaningful jobs, and propping up vital services and causes

12. Market distortions Arguments have been made that wage subsidies, by "propping up" wages, bypass the necessary wage adjustment that must occur to balance labour markets, so that employees are paid in accordance to what they can produce.

13. - Rana returns to bedroom to find kitty Barf all over the bed.’ ‘Besides cleaning up Barf, breaking up fights and propping up staggering patrons, owners and waiters can get sued if overly-lubricated lushes kill or injure someone on their drive home.’

14. 2 days ago · Mausoleum of the Last Castellan (300 dpi promotional) With the execution of the four princes of Pantesh at the hands of the false emperor of Zorisz, Pantesh became a satrapy of the crumbling empire - rules from afar by the cabal of desert sorceresses that were propping up the ancient imperial line

15. Here, Bridges Apostrophizes a dead infant on a mortuary slab; he acknowledges that this world is a "disaster," but we don't get that sense from his cadences: So I lay thee there, thy sunken eyelids closing,-- Go lie thou there in thy coffin, thy last little bed!-- Propping thy wise, sad head, Thy firm, pale hands across thy chest disposing.