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How impellingly gentle was his voice when he said, "You'll forgive her now, I know."
Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness Robert S. Carroll
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"Promise me," he said softly yet impellingly, as he placed the little packet in her hand and closed her fingers over it.
The Apartment Next Door William Andrew Johnston
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The presence of the handsome giant affected Madge more impellingly than ever before, yet in some inexplicably different way.
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And let God remember how that opportunity came so convincingly -- so impellingly -- and if He would judge me and ask for my defence I would ask him who sent Burker here, and who placed him on that fatal spot?
Driftwood Spars The Stories of a Man, a Boy, a Woman, and Certain Other People Who Strangely Met Upon the Sea of Life Percival Christopher Wren 1913
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The presence of the handsome giant affected Madge more impellingly than ever before, yet in some inexplicably different way.
The Redheaded Outfield Zane Grey 1905
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As I ran along the rim, looking for a fissure or break, my gaze seemed impellingly drawn by the immensity of this thing I could not name, and for which I had as yet no intelligible emotion.
The Last of the Plainsmen Zane Grey 1905
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