impel
verb (used with object)
to drive or urge forward; press on; incite or constrain to action.
has impelled
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present perfectof impel (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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It is her death that has impelled his return.
From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2021
A catastrophic drought has impelled the federal government to designate more than half the nation’s counties as disaster areas.
From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2012
His eldest son's tragic death by drowning in 1952 has impelled him to do even more for children.
From Time Magazine Archive
The surge of American offerings has impelled several European borrowers to postpone their own Eurobond issues.
From Time Magazine Archive
M. Stewart, for the great wrong which my natural imbecility has impelled me to do them in penning and publishing the foregoing sanguinary absurdity.
From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume X (of X) by Marshall Pinckney Wilder
