impel
verb (used with object)
to drive or urge forward; press on; incite or constrain to action.
have been impelling
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present perfect progressiveof impel.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Yet there was another side to the question: the other officers were spontaneous and candid in their dealings with her, while obscurity and indefiniteness always seemed to have been impelling forces with Cummings.
From In the Van; or, The Builders by John Price-Brown
