propels

Example Sentences

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Will the day ever come for "Ziwe" or "The Amber Ruffin Show" to get their propers in the Variety Talk zone?

From Salon • Jul. 12, 2022

The same year that Emmy is denying Beyoncé her TV propers, she set a new all-time record for most Grammy wins by a female artist, racking up a career total of 28 so far.

From Salon • Jul. 14, 2021

Spike Lee receives his propers – mostly, keep reading – owing to his vast influence on Black cinema in the wake of "She's Gotta Have It" and more directly, 1989's "Do the Right Thing."

From Salon • Feb. 5, 2020

Not really, but I had to give Donald Glover his propers for his reach and the fact that he got us all to listen.

From Slate • Dec. 24, 2018

All the way home I was having a conversation with myself, saying how I had to give Ice his propers and not be laying nothing on him that wasn’t for real.

From "Slam!" by Walter Dean Myers