impel

Our brain is ultimately a practical device that can be fooled only for a time, until negative conditions created by lies impel it to "recalibrate" itself.

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2023

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

But Tuesday seemed to outdo them all and to impel our still-wintry Washington air into memorably vigorous motion.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 14, 2023

The letter, which confirms the breadth of opposition to the postponement of “Philip Guston Now,” should be enough to impel the four museums to reinstate the show.

From New York Times ● Sep. 30, 2020

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

What is it that impels Scarry to go there?

From Washington Post ● Sep. 2, 2022

Instead, she approaches the exercises to test her fitness with a guilelessness that at first confounds him — but that ultimately impels him to confront his own tumultuous existence.

From New York Times ● Aug. 3, 2021

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

The sense of decorum impels certain Turanian tribes to place not only food, but even napkins, on the graves of their relatives.

From Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses by Adler, Felix

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

The engineer said he felt impelled to speak out and provide the internal documents because “the safety of the public outweighs the inconvenience to the airlines to make money.”

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 19, 2023

I was surprised to notice, when I had finished my narrative, that the room was full of women, who, impelled by curiosity, had come to see me, and to hear what I had to say.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022

He oriented himself with the constellations and the runaways stumbled on, impelled into the night.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

For Emerson, Thoreau and James, Richardson tells us, it was as if their losses had marked their souls, altering their mind-sets and impelling them forward with different perspectives, and sometimes different directions, than before.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 26, 2023

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

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

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright