Actuated

Examples

• In the present instance, a worse feeling than either of these actuated the leader. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• She is not actuated by malevolence, but sheer, heedless folly. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• I will not pretend to question the motive which actuated Sherman in taking an officer from another army to supersede General Logan. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Here the view always fixes when we are actuated by either of these passions. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• My mother, though highly exasperating to the feelings, is actuated by maternal dictates. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• A compact little stitching apparatus, not larger than a tea-pot, is actuated by an endless belt from an electric motor at one end. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• But the feelings that actuated Evadne were rooted in the depths of her being, and were such in their growth as he had no means of understanding. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• I assure your ladyship I am not actuated by any motives of that sort, says Mr. Guppy, and I couldn't accept anything of the kind. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• They strike upon us with more force; they are more present to us; the mind has a firmer hold of them, and is more actuated and moved by them. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• I rather formed the idea that General Butler was actuated by a desire to witness the effect of the explosion of the powder-boat. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Such sentiments actuated our little circle. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Raymond was actuated by far other feelings. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• It is difficult for the mind, when actuated by any passion, to confine itself to that passion alone, without any change or variation. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• We not only turn our view to it, when actuated by that appetite; but the reflecting on it suffices to excite the appetite. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• The piston is actuated by compressed air admitted alternately to its opposite sides in an automatic manner by valves. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• In like manner, when I perceive the causes of any emotion, my mind is conveyed to the effects, and is actuated with a like emotion. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• Sam eyed his companion for a few seconds, and then, as if actuated by a sudden impulse, complied with his request. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• The press-lever is actuated by the press-magnet. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• By drawing this strip beneath a contact lever, the latter was actuated so as to control the circuits and send the desired signals over the line. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Now, although Mr. Pickwick was not actuated by any definite object in putting out his head, it was instantaneously productive of a good effect. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• But if you are actuated by the benevolent intention of protecting me from Bertha--I don't think I need your protection. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• The armature and the carbon-tipped poles of the electromagnet form part of the local circuit; and if the relay is actuated by a weak current the armature will be attracted but feebly. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.

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