Prop-up Sentence Examples

He recognized that the fault of the government lay in the fact that it did not govern, and he deplored that his own function, in a decadent age, was but " to prop up mouldering institutions."

Car seats prop up a newborn - Place your newborn in his car seat without the restraints.

No. Not unless you want to talk to yourself while I prop up a zombie who won't hear a word you're saying.

The bedspread was pulled back enough to prop up the pillow by the phone, but the bed had not been uncovered for sleeping.

Repeated expeditions from Sparta and Epirus tried in vain to prop up the decaying Greek states against the Lucanians and Bruttians; and when in 282 the Romans appeared in the Tarentine Gulf the end was close at hand.

On this occasion, we chose to prop up the bar and engage the very friendly barmaid in conversation.

Rising property prices helped to prop up the world economy after the stockmarket bubble burst in 2000.

Shares on Wall Street that Bush is so anxious to prop up are still massively overvalued.

They are now wasting further billions to prop up a sinking titanic of enterprise that's morally, scientifically as well as financially bankrupt.

You can prop up the back and use a daybed as a sitting area in your bedroom or even in your living room, and then you drop the back down so it lays flat, so the daybed can be used like a regular bed.

If you like to prop up in bed to read, play on the computer or watch TV, headboards offer support, and depending on the headboard, even a little cushioning.