give impulse
Example Sentences
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Rousseff thanked Lula and promised dialogue and political reform to fight corruption and give impulse to economic growth.
From Washington Post
A mere dip of the paddles now and then served to give impulse to the light, and literal, bark.
From The Buffalo Runners A Tale of the Red River Plains by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
He was long a notable figure in university life, one of those picturesque characters who by their very being give impulse to aspiring mortals and check 285 the ever-encroaching commonplace.
From The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education by Palmer, Alice Freeman
Deeds often repeated give impulse and direction to character, and these appear in the offspring as predispositions of body and mind.
From George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy by Cooke, George Willis
Such are the men whom Providence ordains to give impulse to society, and effect great and useful reforms.
From A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges by Lord, John