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Meanings of impelling in English

Impelling.

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Usage of impelling in English
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Because it sustains the shock of the impelling heart and streaming blood.
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2
But in these various expeditions, trade or war was the impelling motive.
Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z
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She was not going into the matter of her really impelling reasons.
The Head of the House of Coombe
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Their impelling motive is the high one of benefiting others most directly.
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There has been all the time something stronger than myself impelling me.
The Redemption of David Corson
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It would not be exclusively a check, but also an impelling force.
Considerations on Representative Government
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Now it swelled into a smooth, impelling wail lulling him into drowsiness.
The Beast of Space
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But this bereavement seemed impelling me to return to my afflicted children.
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The whole park did, indeed, appear to be impelling them gently onward.
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
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Pride of race, impelling them to war, had revived these dead divinities.
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
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Kraill's eyes shone out of them for an instant, blue and impelling.
Captivity
12
There-theremust have been a reason more impelling than a vague suspicion?
The Case and the Girl
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It certainly isn't devotion to your art that's impelling you, is it?
The Titan
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General Characteristics.-Browningis a poet of striking originality and impelling force.
Halleck's New English Literature
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Curiosity was the impelling motive, but he was not without suspicion.
The Ivory Trail
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She was unable to imagine danger where her own impelling thirst was pure.
Diana of the Crossways — Volume 2
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