How to Use impetus in a Sentence

impetus

noun
  • His discoveries have given impetus to further research.
  • There was not as much of an impetus.
    — Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
  • So that's what was the impetus for the trip.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Was that an impetus for your own book?
    — Michael Schaub, Oc Register, 22 Aug. 2025
  • What was the impetus for your first chess game?
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2026
  • And all of that had to go aside from the impetus and a few choice lines.
    — Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 23 Apr. 2026
  • That's the impetus for this bill.
    — Hayleigh Colombo, IndyStar, 26 Feb. 2026
  • That is what our whole impetus is based on here in this country.
    — Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 6 July 2026
  • That’s where the impetus to look at design and art came from.
    — Meredith Wadman, Science | AAAS, 24 June 2021
  • Didn’t even know what the impetus was for the saying.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 31 Mar. 2026
  • That bit there, though, is the entire impetus for the project.
    — Kat Bein, Billboard, 9 June 2022
  • The city’s study was the impetus for the opera’s new study, Junkert said.
    — Dana Oland, idahostatesman, 5 Mar. 2018
  • There is impetus among players to return to the court as well.
    — Jeff McDonald, ExpressNews.com, 17 Apr. 2020
  • For some, the start of a new year is an impetus for a clean financial slate.
    — Ebony Flake, Essence, 31 Jan. 2024
  • It’s been the impetus to seek out projects that are important to me.
    — Perri Ormont Blumberg, Peoplemag, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Yet the attack would provide the impetus for the peace pact.
    — Karl Vick, Time, 11 Oct. 2025
  • This is the crash that was the impetus for restrictor plates.
    — Ellen J. Horrow, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2020
  • But the impetus for the bill was mainly high school football.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 16 Oct. 2020
  • The impetus for a potential change is as much about how teams are classed as adding a class.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 21 Jan. 2023
  • Villa could not find any impetus in the second half.
    — Tottenham Hotspur, New York Times, 3 May 2026
  • There was enough of an impetus, there was enough energy there.
    — Charlotte Observer, 25 Sep. 2025
  • But part of the impetus for the suit was to ensure that records were being kept — and if so, how.
    — Ali Vitali, NBC News, 15 Sep. 2017
  • That was the impetus for starting my own studio.
    — Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 19 Sep. 2025
  • And that was the impetus of Mile End Kicks.
    — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Then Sci-Fi signed on and gave Richard the impetus.
    — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 3 Dec. 2025
  • That that might be the impetus for people to try to come together in some way.
    — ABC News, 2 Nov. 2025
  • But there’s also an earnest impetus behind the project.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Illustrating that was part of the impetus for the event in the first place.
    — Austin Hornbostel, Nashville Tennessean, 13 June 2025
  • Perhaps the impetus for change will have to come from outside rather than from within.
    — George Calhoun, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
  • The project was close to getting off the ground a couple of years ago and now has renewed impetus.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 14 Jan. 2026

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