driven

adjective

|Updated on: 10 Jul 2018

Examples: driven in a Sentence

1 : having a compulsive or urgent quality

a driven sense of obligation

2 : propelled or motivated by something —used in combination

results-driven

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drivenness

play \ˈdri-vən-nəs\ noun

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Examples of driven in a Sentence

They are driven, successful people.
a man with a driven need to be loved or liked by everyone

Recent Examples of driven from the Web

And driverless cars won’t be replacing all human-driven cars overnight, meaning an awkward mix of robots and humans sharing roadways.

— tim higgins, WSJ, "How Driverless Cars Are Going to Change Cities," 26 June 2018
Not one of the 100 movies was reviewed by an equal number of men and women – not even the 36 identified as female-driven pictures, where the reviews of all but eight failed to clear the benchmark of one-third female-written.

— rebecca sun, The Hollywood Reporter, "Film Critics Even Less Diverse Than Films, Study Finds," 11 June 2018
Its unconventional reserves are dwarfed by those found in China and Argentina, which have so far driven production growth outside North America.

— sarah kent, WSJ, "Oil Industry Tries to Take the Fracking Boom Global," 19 June 2018
No? -- a stunning debut that saw her masterfully deliver both pristine R&B and emotionally driven pop -- with her sophomore release now looking to establish her as a powerful, multifaceted singer-songwriter.

— jeff benjamin, Billboard, "Suzy Opens Up About New 'Faces of Love' Album & Finding Herself as a Musician," 29 Jan. 2018
And given how many people die in human-driven cars every year, that could save lives in the long run.

— timothy b. lee, Ars Technica, "GM settles with motorcyclist struck by Cruise self-driving car," 4 June 2018
The new feature fits within Airbnb’s recent scope of expanding to become a more socially driven travel agency of sorts, instead of just a place to book a home to sleep in for a night.

— dani deahl, The Verge, "Airbnb’s new Travel Stories feature lets people show off videos from their trip," 24 May 2018
The Give Something Back Foundation provides mentors and scholarships to help Pell Grant-eligible, academically driven students go to college and graduate in four years debt-free.

— linda girardi, Aurora Beacon-News, "West Aurora High School freshmen win scholarships to NIU," 25 May 2018
Don was a driven professional with an unmatched work ethic while working for the Hartford Police Dept.

— courant.com, "Donald W. Linde," 20 May 2018

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