Use of the word impetus in a sentence example

impetus

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What the economy needs is a new impetus. [noun]

The high crime rate was the impetus for the hiring of one hundred new police officers in our city. [noun]

Because the new president was once a military commander, he has a great deal of experience being an impetus for change. [Please select]

That unfortunate gaffe complicated matters and most likely was the impetus behind the break-in on Collingswood Avenue. [Please select]

Bowie also added a fresh impetus. [Please select]

Kingship received an impetus from the Persian and Greek invasions of the Punjab. [Please select]

It was not failing now for want of impetus, but for want of finished ideas. [Please select]

Out of this impetus for prosperity came the remarkable clipper-ship era. [Please select]

At other times lines flowed without premeditation "with a certain impetus and oestro." [Please select]

"Nitor in adversum; nec me, qui caetera, vincit Impetus, et rapido contrarius evehor orbi." [Please select]

The impetus given him by the descent kept him going, and his speed seemed to increase. [Please select]

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