impelled

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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

Its drama lay in its lack of drama, in its quietness, in the courtesies we felt impelled to extend to one another.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin