propped's Usage Examples:

When she re-entered the bedroom, he was propped up on a pillow, his eyes closed and the blankets tucked around his neck.

"It does seem strange," Cynthia said as she propped up her pillow against the headboard.

Sitting down with a book, she propped her feet up on the table and relaxed, calmed by the sounds of the ocean and the warm sun.

The area was nearly empty except for crying gulls, a man running with his dog, and an elderly lady propped up in a half chair read­ing.

He sat down in his chair and propped his legs up with nonchalance, as if he hadn't performed the impossible and healed her.

His elbows were propped on his knees, the trench falling back to show a lean body, flat stomach and muscular thighs outlined by the soft material of his pants.

When they began to blindfold him he himself adjusted the knot which hurt the back of his head; then when they propped him against the bloodstained post, he leaned back and, not being comfortable in that position, straightened himself, adjusted his feet, and leaned back again more comfortably.

The wattle wall the men had brought was set up in a semicircle by the Eighth Company as a shelter from the north, propped up by musket rests, and a campfire was built before it.

He rolled over and propped his head up on one elbow, gazing down at her somberly.

Sunlight streamed in through the propped door.

He lay with his head propped high on the pillows.

He propped her up, and she sagged against him, unable to keep from crying at the thought of one sworn to protect humanity nearly killing her!His was the only form in one piece; he was propped up against the base of a tree.

Martin Lester Penelope - I do the ironing with my script propped up.

Synonyms:

sprag, support, pitprop,

Antonyms:

surrender, rush, accelerate, deny,