impel
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Our brain is ultimately a practical device that can be fooled only for a time, until negative conditions created by lies impel it to "recalibrate" itself.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2023
John Bulkeley, the Wager’s gunner, a weapons expert and “instinctive leader” whose Bible-inspired narrative gifts would impel him to write an indelible account of events.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2023
But Tuesday seemed to outdo them all and to impel our still-wintry Washington air into memorably vigorous motion.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 14, 2023
The letter, which confirms the breadth of opposition to the postponement of “Philip Guston Now,” should be enough to impel the four museums to reinstate the show.
From New York Times ● Sep. 30, 2020
He saw enough in her face to impel him to take her hand and hold it while he said his lingering good night “Will you go to the races again?” he asked.
From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin
Wilzek, the novel’s unlikely hero, does look closely, and what he sees impels him to take a moral stand.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2025
First, beauty impels us to pay a certain kind of attention.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 6, 2023
What is it that impels Scarry to go there?
From Washington Post ● Sep. 2, 2022
The inspiration gained from that view might carry us well beyond the statistical forecast that impels the fatalistic alternative.
From Scientific American ● May 12, 2021
Compassion allied to curiosity impels the Queen to recall Iolanthe.
From The Secrets of a Savoyard by Lytton, Henry A.
A sense of duty, rooted for many in a profound Christian faith, impelled each to take extraordinary risks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 19, 2025
What impelled him, and what does it mean?
From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2025
At Lawson’s urging, they refused bail, which impelled hundreds of other students to join the crusade against segregated interstate travel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2024
His frustration and anger at the press, however, impelled him to buck convention by suing newspaper owners — allegedly against the wishes of his father, now King Charles III.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 4, 2023
There was no noon meal on account of that night’s big Saturday supper, the smell of which impelled the students to the barbecue pits.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
One of the pleasures of writing for me is to discover what is it that is impelling me to engage with these characters.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 27, 2022
“Get at Me Dog” is an impelling and incendiary piece of music, like four minutes of a bomb going off.
From Slate ● Apr. 11, 2021
In a flash, rain poured and wind whipped at once, blowing trash onto the field and impelling a rapid response from the grounds crew.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2019
Throughout the set, Mr. Raghavan fed his own chancy energy into the mix, playing lines of lacing beauty and impelling the others to put their weight forward, onto the balls of their feet.
From New York Times ● Dec. 31, 2017
He was excited and something was impelling him to become more excited.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
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