Wondering how to use Impelled in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as driven or motivated.
Impelled meaning
simple past and past participle of impel
Using Impelled
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of impel
- Useful related words include: driven, motivated.
- In the example corpus, impelled often appears in combinations such as: impelled to, impelled by, impelled them.
Context around Impelled
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 7 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 14 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Impelled
- In this selection, "impelled" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, change, thinking, feels, president and economic stand out and add context to how "impelled" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and was impelled by his and artistic interests impelled him to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "impelled" sits close to words such as aal, aalto and aardvark, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with impelled
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
That dangerous line of thinking impelled him to hit Hussin, according to the court. (14 words)
And what need could have impelled it to grow / Later or sooner, if it began from nothing? (17 words)
So they know they have a limited time to do something (anything) which has impelled them to seek election. (19 words)
Isaac Newton described it as "a force by which bodies are drawn or impelled, or in any way tend, towards a point as to a centre". citation In Newtonian mechanics, gravity provides the centripetal force responsible for astronomical orbits. (39 words)
The instigator of the murder had been fascinated by the extraordinary beauty of the wife of Mir Yar Beg and was impelled by his passion for the lady to accomplish the death of her husband. (35 words)
By the term "divine" James meant "any object that is godlike, whether it be a concrete deity or not" (ibid, p. 34) to which the individual feels impelled to respond with solemnity and gravity. (34 words)
And what need could have impelled it to grow / Later or sooner, if it began from nothing? (17 words)
Arjuna said: O descendant of Vrsni, by what is one impelled to sinful acts, even unwillingly, as if engaged by force? (21 words)
Example sentences (16)
A climate change-impelled president could “vaporize the oil and gas boom in the United States”, as succinctly put by Bob McNally, head of the Rapidan Energy consultancy.
It was risky, but despite the risks and the rejection they at times faced, their faith inspired them and impelled them.
I was impelled to revisit Sardhana after acquiring more knowledge about the place situated in the boondocks of western Uttar Pradesh, 22 kilometres North of Meerut.
That dangerous line of thinking impelled him to hit Hussin, according to the court.
So they know they have a limited time to do something (anything) which has impelled them to seek election.
And what need could have impelled it to grow / Later or sooner, if it began from nothing?
Arjuna said: O descendant of Vrsni, by what is one impelled to sinful acts, even unwillingly, as if engaged by force?
By the term "divine" James meant "any object that is godlike, whether it be a concrete deity or not" (ibid, p. 34) to which the individual feels impelled to respond with solemnity and gravity.
His position in that tradition, and his personality, talents, and artistic interests, impelled him to pursue a uniquely individual solution to the problems and the experiential possibilities of improvised performance.
Impelled by this historic and traditional attachment, Jews strove in every successive generation to re-establish themselves in their ancient homeland.
Isaac Newton described it as "a force by which bodies are drawn or impelled, or in any way tend, towards a point as to a centre". citation In Newtonian mechanics, gravity provides the centripetal force responsible for astronomical orbits.
Often the passage from one world or stage to the next is impelled by inner forces, a process of germination or gestation from earlier, embryonic forms.
Supporters, like George Gilder in his book, Telecosm (2000), state that "Milken was a key source of the organizational changes that have impelled economic growth over the last twenty years.
The instigator of the murder had been fascinated by the extraordinary beauty of the wife of Mir Yar Beg and was impelled by his passion for the lady to accomplish the death of her husband.
Widespread famine in Guangdong impelled many Cantonese to work in these countries to improve the living conditions of their relatives.
Without the worry and potential of falling victim to Belial’s demonic sway, the Qumran people would never feel impelled to craft a curse.
Common combinations with impelled
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- impelled to 4×
- impelled by 3×
- impelled them 2×
- was impelled 2×
- impelled him 2×
- have impelled 2×