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Was there not a difference which prevented him from comprehending the motives which, for her, were impelling?

From A Daughter of the Snows by London, Jack

Many influences were impelling him to this decision.

From The Age of Big Business; a chronicle of the captains of industry by Hendrick, Burton Jesse

Tradition, copious imbibing of the precepts of bishops, were impelling her towards that action frequently fatal to the permanent peace of families, the making of a clean breast.

From The Pastor's Wife by Arnim, Elizabeth von

All her life long Audrey never forgot the strange chill sensation that came over her as she read that note; it was as though some dim, overmastering force were impelling her against her own will.

From Lover or Friend by Carey, Rosa Nouchette

Almost every institution or pursuit by which virtuous habits would naturally have been formed had been tainted or destroyed, while agencies of terrific power were impelling the people to vice.

From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole