All 4 Uses of
impel
in
Atlas Shrugged
- When the train stopped, when she got off and heard the concrete of the platform under her heels, she felt light, lifted, impelled to action.†
Chpt 1.1 *
- He wondered why this was a motive that had no power to impel him.†
Chpt 1.6
- Years ago, in college, he had been taught that the only effective means to impel men to action was fear.†
Chpt 2.7
- She got up, with no purpose in mind, but impelled by some instinct from the past, as if acting in a vacuum where honesty was not relevant any longer, but knowing no other way to act.†
Chpt 3.4
Definition:
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(impel) to make someone feel they must do something