have impelled
- present perfect of impel.
Example Sentences
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Vitale—the plaintiffs and the defendant were from New Hyde Park, right on the other side of Stewart Manor’s main street—seems unlikely to have impelled my letter.
From The New Yorker ● May 15, 2017
You will see in a few days a declaration setting forth the causes which have impelled us to this mighty revolution and the reasons which will justify it in the sight of God and man.
From US News ● Jul. 4, 2014
Ideology may have impelled many Americans, but for most, it seems, it was the purse that had its reasons.
From Time Magazine Archive
Anything more than a 15% devaluation, the British were warned in the delicate, secret negotiations that preceded it, would have impelled France, Belgium and The Netherlands to mark down their money in retaliation.
From Time Magazine Archive
Some latent motive, perhaps of superstition, must have impelled the founders, in the choice of a most unpromising situation.
From History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5 by Milman, Henry Hart
