Sentences with impel
im·pel
I i - ...the courage and competitiveness which impels him to take risks. [VERB noun to-infinitive]
- She was a fat, round little woman, richly apparelled in velvet and lace, […]; and the way she laughed, cackling like a hen, the way she talked to the waiters and the maid, […]—all these unexpected phenomena impelled one to hysterical mirth, and made one class her with such immortally ludicrous types as Ally Sloper, the Widow Twankey, or Miss Moucher.
- The effect the bequest had on me, perhaps perversely, was to impel me to do so, as if in a blend of love and spite.
- While it is possible to convince an abusive drinker of his detrimental condition and impel him to go in for treatment.
- The word motivate means to impel, inspire, hope, stimulate, incite, propel, spur, goad, move, induce, prompt, instigate, fire, provoke, actuate, cause.
- There is a subtle, disturbing shift in the atmosphere, one that seems to impel Bosetti into taking us outside.