Example Sentences

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Impelled by a sense of mission, he too toggled between Turkey and Syria, courting danger — and finding it.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

Impelled in large part by TikTok to seek beauty products meant for adults, younger customers — teenagers and even preadolescents — are proving to be a mixed blessing for retailers like Sephora and Ulta.

From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2024

Impelled by Christian evangelicals, Bush dispatched Secretary of State Colin Powell to signal America’s seriousness and help broker an agreement.

From New York Times • Dec. 2, 2010

Impelled by Signor Mussolini, the newspapers of Rome began, last week, a concerted campaign urging men to go hatless.

From Time Magazine Archive

Impelled by feelings that were primal yet paradoxically wholly impersonal.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy