Examples of impetus in a Sentence

In a revealing comment, Mr. Updike says an impetus for Rabbit, Run was the "threatening" success of Jack Kerouac's On the Road, the signature book of the 1950s Beat Generation, and its frenetic search for sensation. — Dennis Farney, Wall Street Journal, 16 Sept. 1992 But 1939 gave new impetus to the Western with the Cecil B. de Mille railway epic Union Pacific, John Ford's skillful and dramatic Stagecoach, … and George Marshall's classic comic Western, Destry Rides Again. — Ira Konigsberg, The Complete Film Dictionary, 1987 … new techniques of navigation and shipbuilding enlarged trade and the geographical horizon; newly centralized power absorbed from the declining medieval communes was at the disposal of the monarchies and the growing nationalism of the past century gave it impetus … — Barbara W. Tuchman, The March of Folly, 1984 His discoveries have given impetus to further research. the reward money should be sufficient impetus for someone to come forward with information about the robbery

Recent Examples on the Web The impetus of the pandemic makes change desirable. — Trond Arne Undheim, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2022 Did the pandemic or recent racial reckoning factor in at all for the impetus of this book? — Darcel Rockett, chicagotribune.com, 3 Feb. 2022 That was part of the impetus of having Harrison do the deed. — Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2022 That conversation became the impetus of golf course superintendent Jason Stewart swapping over to become head of the grounds crew for the entire IMS facility. — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 4 July 2020 This need to elude reality is also the impetus for Catherine’s creation of the Crocodile Bride, a mysterious healer who lives deep in the Black Bayou protected by a gargantuan crocodile. — Leah Tyler, ajc, 25 Apr. 2022 This is how powerful new ideas are born, providing an impetus to act—and to act now. — Ross Wainwright, Forbes, 22 Apr. 2022 This was the impetus behind the creation of Boys Club, a collective for women and nonbinary people who are interested in learning about crypto. — Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 18 Apr. 2022 These complaints were the impetus for the two unionization votes in Bessemer and Staten Island. — Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2022 See More

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