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Example sentences for "impels"

Lexicographically close words:
impediments; impeding; impel; impelled; impelling; impend; impended; impendent; impending; impends
  1. Turning from these purely morphological considerations, let us now examine into the manner in which the attentive study of the lobster impels us into other lines of research.

  2. The little burn amongst the heather carves its tiny bed, and impels its baby ripples by the same laws which roll the waters of the Amazon, and every fall that it makes over a shelf of rock a foot high is a miniature Niagara.

  3. For unity in a life does not depend upon the monotony of its tasks, but upon the simplicity of the motive which impels to all varieties of work.

  4. Yes, there is something that impels them to study," replied Isagani in the same tone, looking the Dominican full in the face.

  5. Yes, Padre, there is something that impels them, and that something is the government itself.

  6. There is no rational conviction arrived at by sound labour of intellect, which so completely takes possession of the mind, subjugates so tyrannically its entire activity, and so irresistibly impels it to words and deeds, as delirium.

  7. Brand thinks the power which impels him is his inflexible iron will.

  8. All this proceeds from the personal passion and rooted pride which impels us to judge the will of our fellow-man.

  9. He clothes him in My highest and eternal will, because he sees that I neither give nor take away, save for your sanctification; and he sees that love alone impels Me to give you sweetness and to take it from you.

  10. The pressure of this repressed material impels her to go through an elaborate ritual each night before she can get to sleep.

  11. In the example, the man suffering from thirst in the desert has a Gestalt that impels him to find water.

  12. Akin to the instinct of flight is that of repulsion, which impels us, instead of fleeing, to thrust the object away.

  13. The hungry stomach impels to action until satisfied; the physical discomfort in fear impels toward measures of safety.

  14. Our impulse for self-display urges us on to make a good impression, while our feeling of inferiority impels us to get away unnoticed.

  15. The desire for life, therefore, for God's own life, for communion with God, itself impels to character.

  16. The very satisfaction, therefore, of our craving for life constantly impels to a more perfect union with the will of Christ; for such complete entering into the life of another with joy implies profound agreement.

  17. When we regard an action as right or wrong for ourselves, this feeling about the action impels us to do it or not to do it, as the case may be.

  18. We may say that the moral sense acts in this case as a motive; meaning by moral sense only the feeling in regard to an action which is considered as right or wrong, and by motive something which impels us to act.

  19. I know that too myself; but a certain love impels me.

  20. What then this dreadful thing that impels thee to die?

  21. I opened my mouth," he says, "against my will and I am speaking to the world because God impels me so that I cannot keep silent.

  22. We had every stimulant to honourable excitement, and mystery threw over the whole that absorbing charm that impels us to love and to woo the unknown.

  23. Soma when imbibed stimulates the voice, which it impels as the rower his boat.

  24. The sight fills his heart with yearning, and impels him to address to the cloud a request to convey a message of hope to his wife in the remote Himalaya.

  25. Sometimes the heat of the hives impels the inhabitants to seek a cooler temperature by clustering on the outside.

  26. But if that be your experience," the rector said, "and it has become your philosophy, what is it in you that impels you to give these large sums for the public good?

  27. You believe that an influence is at work, an influence that impels us against our reason?

  28. It is easy enough to listen to your conscience when you think it impels you to do that which you want to do, Bob," she answered, laughing at his argument in spite of herself.

  29. The soul that God introduces therein exercises herself in producing the interior acts of virtue with which grace inspires her, and in practicing the good works to which this same grace impels her.

  30. Excessive malleability of the national mind impels a people to incessant revolutions.

  31. The suggestive power of their environment absolutely hypnotises them, and impels them to action.

  32. The comedian always believes in that which makes him obtain his best effects, in that which impels the people to believe in him.

  33. Tell me thy thought: my heart impels to go Through hostile camps, and bears me to the foe.

  34. My early youth was bred to martial pains, My soul impels me to the embattled plains!

  35. September 25th, "Vanity alone impels them, and the pride of having cannon is their sole motive.

  36. In fact, "it is not dire necessity which impels them;" they make a speculation of cupidity, a new sort of illicit trade.

  37. Justice impels me to acknowledge merit, whether I see it in friend or foe," answered the emperor.

  38. The law, both of nature and of necessity, impels her to prey upon Turkey, and the will of Peter the Great can never be carried out until the foot of Russia rests upon the Sultans throne at Stamboul.

  39. Such a conclusion, however, could be formed only when the original leader is a whist-player, and is not one of those persons who lead at random, according as their fancy at the time impels them.

  40. The player, taking the remaining balls, places one of them on the spot marked b, and impels it in the direction of the black ball.

  41. And the fact, which Fleischmann does not discuss, that even at present we may observe the establishment of what are at least new breeds, impels us to accept an analogous origin of new species.

  42. The other swimmer takes hold of him by the extremity of the feet, and, swimming with one hand, impels him forward.


  43. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "impels" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.