impel
verb (used with object)
to drive or urge forward; press on; incite or constrain to action.
was impelling
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past progressiveof impel.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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He was excited and something was impelling him to become more excited.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
How win Hania's heart when some irresistible power was impelling it in another direction?
From Hania by Henryk Sienkiewicz
There was impelling enthusiasm as well as energy in the resonant tones, and Steve’s spirit kindled with answering enthusiasm and a glimmering vision of heights which he had not hitherto glimpsed.
From The Boy from Hollow Hut A Story of the Kentucky Mountains by Isla May Mullins
His instinct was impelling him to eliminate from his life all the undigested elements which encumbered it.
From Jean-Christophe, Volume I by Gilbert Cannan
The crop-headed boy, by means of one finger, was impelling the complicated machine towards the lift by which he had arrived.
From When the Sleeper Wakes by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
