Synonym: compulsive, determined, goaded, impelled. Similar words: drive, driver, driveway, drive out, drive up, drive home, drive out of, river. Meaning: ['drɪvn] adj. 1. compelled forcibly by an outside agency 2. urged or forced to action through moral pressure 3. strongly motivated to succeed.
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151, That could not be said of the hectic, driven finale, marred by some rancid clarinet contributions.
152, It is no accident that people who are driven to climb corporate ladders have parents who believe ladder climbing is important.
153, Over it, water cascaded into a half-million-gallon pool, then was driven back to the top by steam-powered pumps.
154, The public anger is driven by more than just the graft scandals, however.
155, There were extremists who said that Britain could be driven from the land.
156, It is directory driven so users can customise their network, setting up separate directories for say AutoCAD files and Catia files.
157, They learn to work hard, and seek and get approval, but they also may learn to be self-critical and driven.
158, The recent advance has been driven by news at two companies, neither of which is Hologic.
159, Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout with some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand. George Orwell
160, He was driven by an enormous ambition and unrelenting ego,[sentencedict.com] making him a living symbol of black self-determination.
161, Bob had driven into the delivery yard after satisfying the man on the gate that he was on official business.
162, She had driven slowly forward to the yellow demarcation line and the frightening folds of barbed wire.
163, Richard Montacune had been driven from his first vantage post, where ambush had given him the edge of surprise.
164, There were chariots driven by demons, pulled by strange winged beasts.
165, The crowd began dispersing as soon as the ambulance had driven away.
166, But the demon which had driven him to drink that night, after months of abstinence,[sentencedict.com] had him in its thrall.
167, But jitters about the deteriorating budget talks have driven yields steadily higher.
168, In the freezing cold and pitch dark, families were driven to clinging to the roof.
169, At least 20 others were run aground, driven into sand bars by huge waves and winds topping 100 miles per hour.
170, In that case, Mrs. Pepper alleged that Mrs. Healey had driven into her car causing damage amounting to £133.
171, Both sets of figures have been driven by the price of crude oil.
172, The hundreds of worker bees who were also driven out got the minimum.
173, That would drive me around the bend, just as it's driven Mrs Ledingham around the bend.
174, You could have driven an articulated lorry up the leg.
175, Several times they started to build a city, but they were always driven away by misfortunes or bad omens.
176, From the get-go, Ullman serves notice that her show will not be driven by convention.
177, The plaintiff was a pillion passenger on a motor bike driven by the defendant.
178, When he'd first been taken poorly, Baby had been driven in an ambulance from one hospital to another.
179, Her body was racked at times when the torment had almost driven her across the corridor into Andrew's bed.
180, Vulcan, agitated by dark shapes in the night and inflamed by the stench of blood, was driven to fury.
More similar words: drive, driver, driveway, drive out, drive up, drive home, drive out of, river, thrive, derive, arrive, arrive at, derive from, give notice, preventive, effectiveness, drift, dried, drill, drink to, drink up, drink down, rival, privacy, private, arrival, privately, even, oven, event.