driven
compelled forcibly by an outside agency
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,496 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 12,234 times across 139,755 chapters — 0.006% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- compelled forcibly by an outside agency also: goaded mobs goaded by blind hatred
- urged or forced to action through moral pressure also: impelled felt impelled to take a stand against the issue
- strongly motivated to succeed also: compulsive, determined
driven in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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The more the demons are driven away, the more they return.
The Dream · Émile Zola · Chapter 1
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Twined we were, entwined, then riven, Ever to new embracements driven, Shifting gulf-weed of the main!
John Marr and Other Poems · Herman Melville · Chapter 1
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He barely escaped with his life, was driven out of the city and became an exile because of his actions.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1
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The man who had driven himself over from the station in the cart was coming towards them across the grass.
Emily Fox-Seton · Frances Hodgson Burnett · Chapter 1
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Black clouds were driven furiously across the sky, torrents of rain and spray beat every now and then upon the window.
The Betrayal · E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim · Chapter 1