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Synonyms for driven


Grammar : Adj
Spell : driv-uh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdrɪv ən

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Définition of driven

Origin :
  • "motivated," by 1972, past participle adjective from drive (v.).
  • adj compelled
Example sentences :
  • He took a cab and was driven to the local branch of his favourite temple of chance.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Strive and grope as he would, the thing had driven him on relentlessly.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Hunger and cold seemed to have driven them from their former homes.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
  • When he had come too near he had been driven away by the heat.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
  • I knew we were now in the very country that had driven Mr. Gosse back.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • By my last deposit, you will see how I am driven, and what a poor prisoner I am.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • Into His light we advance slowly, unwillingly, driven by our pain; but we advance.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • Therefore my reluctance to be driven from my place of usefulness.
  • Extract from : « Biography of a Slave » by Charles Thompson
  • Misfortune had driven them into the earth; it would be fortune to stay there.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • Rico started off, as if driven by the longing that now took possession of him.
  • Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
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