Example Sentences

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Since Still’s day, the disorder has gone by a host of names, including organic drivenness, hyperkinetic syndrome, attention-deficit disorder and now ADHD.

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2014

Since Still's day, the disorder has gone by a host of names, including organic drivenness, hyperkinetic syndrome, attention-deficit disorder and now ADHD.

From Scientific American • May 1, 2013

Neustadt puts it more sensibly: Presidents need "drive but not drivenness."

From Time Magazine Archive

“Is it your drivenness that makes you want to be in charge of everything?”

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali