Example Sentences

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He was excited and something was impelling him to become more excited.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright

An overwhelming desire for confidence, for sympathy perhaps, for the clearing up of mysteries in any case, was impelling her to tell Evie all that had ever happened between Ford and herself.

From The Wild Olive by King, Basil

The wind was from the shore; it was impelling the boat with considerable velocity, in consequence of the mass of bushes acting as sails.

From The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire by Reid, Mayne

But all was of no use; we were hard on a lee shore, to which the howling tempest was impelling us. 

From Letters of George Borrow to the British and Foreign Bible Society by Darlow, Thomas Herbert

How win Hania's heart when some irresistible power was impelling it in another direction?

From Hania by Sienkiewicz, Henryk