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
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 Alice Freeman Palmer
Thus from all sides came potent influences of personal friendship—of his friends and associates more onward—to give impulse and momentum to Crashaw's mystical Roman-Catholic sympathies.
From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Richard Crashaw
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 R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
Woman's splendidly accomplished successes as seen at the World's Fair give impulse to her efforts in every line.
From Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission by Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission
