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The rules of Washington would normally impel a person at Esper’s level to seek cover for his actions.

From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2024

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

Where Mehretu saturates space, Sorey vacates it, yet both painter and composer offer vital examples of how to create at full scale when the times impel others to reduce their ambition.

From New York Times ● Sep. 28, 2022

Why is such a declaration, about such an enormous crisis, not enough to impel more people to act?

From Washington Post ● Sep. 14, 2022

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

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

Not just because it inspires, but also because it impels.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 4, 2018

At the same time, the $79,500 yearly salary impels many lawmakers to pursue some form of supplemental income; the New York City Council, for example, voted in February to raise its members’ pay to $148,500.

From New York Times ● Nov. 15, 2016

They simply have the courage to go straight before them as long as the wind impels them.

From The Recollections of Alexis de Tocqueville by Tocqueville, Alexis de

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

Harris, a friend and champion of Arbery’s, was behind an online presentation of “Heroes,” and it’s easy to see what impelled him to take a producing interest.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2023

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

Even before Strauss’s appointment was made public, he began moving against Oppenheimer, impelled by the physicist’s increasingly outspoken campaign for a public debate on nuclear policy.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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

What is impelling the transformation is that the headquarters, constructed under the 1968 building code, do not meet current life-safety and other requirements.

From New York Times ● Dec. 16, 2015

He was excited and something was impelling him to become more excited.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright