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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.
Source: wiktionary
I feel impelled to reply to Roger Henry's letter about my article on being denied an apartment. I truly resent any insinuation that I "slunk back into that rotting old closet."
Source: wiktionary
Concern for the common good should impel us to find ways to overcome the devilish impact of these disastrous policies […]
Source: wiktionary
The wind impelled the kayaks toward the shore.
Source: wiktionary
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