impellent
Example Sentences
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They were visions of conquest and exploration, an almost mystical impellent that drove him time and again from one horizon to another.
From Time Magazine Archive
He came to his feet with an impellent desire to crush this unholy man like a toad, to flee into the night, to lie under the stars and seek clearance for his troubles.
From The Mesa Trail by H. Bedford-Jones
She seemed to sway, gently, almost imperceptibly, from side to side—as though she waited for some sign or impellent force to guide her.
From The Shadow of the East by E. M. (Edith Maude) Hull
We shall go farther than these men have gone and show you that the impellent energy of ideas is the means to all practical achievement and to all practical success.
From Applied Psychology: Driving Power of Thought Being the Third in a Series of Twelve Volumes on the Applications of Psychology to the Problems of Personal and Business Efficiency by Warren Hilton
Every thought carries with it the impellent energy to effect its realization.
From Power of Mental Imagery Being the Fifth of a Series of Twelve Volumes on the Applications of Psychology to the Problems of Personal and Business Efficiency by Warren Hilton
