The immoral feeling prompts us to hate wrong because it has been inflicted on us.
The instinct of cleanliness no doubt promptsthe action in all cases, though the disposition to secrecy or concealment may not be unmixed with it.
It is a singular freak of Nature, this instinct which prompts one bird to lay its eggs in the nests of others, and thus shirk the responsibility of rearing its own young.
The lower grades of animal life know no other law than the instinct which prompts them to devour the types which are lower still.
Why not respect everywhere that noblest of all man's instincts which prompts him to inquire after God, who hath made of one blood all nations that dwell upon the earth?
I admire the gratitude which prompts her romantic affection, and, nine times out of ten, my judgement cordially approves her taste.
The soul, created apt To love, moves versatile which way soe'er Aught pleasing prompts her, soon as she is wak'd By pleasure into act.
These letters are especially eloquent of a spirit of investment which is in the country today and which prompts the "biting" at almost any sort of flaunting announcement of quick riches.
Ego in the child mind promptsit to take instantly anything which it desires and which it can take.
FAUST To Him above in homage bend, Who prompts the helper and Who help doth send.
Upward to hasten Through ether winging, This wakes my yearning, This promptsme now!
From the beginning it is the instinct of the maternal nurse to talk to the child, which attracts him to observe the organs of speech; and this prompts the sympathetic use of his own organs.
Self-preservation in the end promptsus to do most for others.
While these theories would have us go by various little walks and byways and lanes and alleys, life prompts us to take to the open road that leads to strength and happiness.
Therefore, nothing short of starvation or probable annihilation prompts him, as a rule, to yield himself a prisoner.
Remember that it prompts you to greater watchfulness and care than you would otherwise exercise.
That anxiety which prompts to such a desire is both excessive and selfish.
If the mother's love within us prompts us to half the care of the spiritual life of our children, which she bestowed on the decaying forms of her loved ones, He who rewards faithfulness will not suffer us to labor in vain.
The Holy Spirit, which through the authority of the Church teaches divine truth, is the same Spirit which prompts the soul to receive the divine truths which He teaches.
They destroyed the noblest monuments of learning and industry with the same wantonness that prompts a child to pull to pieces the finest piece of mechanism.
Turning away men's attention from the sober realities and duties of social life, it prompts them to pursue the unnatural and abnormal.
The passion which prompts to sexual intercourse is altogether natural in itself, and, as such, intended by the Creator to be indulged in at the right time and in the proper manner.
Surely this is the modern doctrine of discipline, though with it should be coupled that wholesome respect for authority that prompts citizens to abide by the law.
It is perfectly clear, however, that for general purposes that question which prompts greatest reflection and independent thinking is the best one to indulge most frequently.
The element of hero worship prompts them to demand that the leader shall "do things.
On the other hand, the successful teacher comes before his class with a vital truth that thrills him and gives it a concrete expression which prompts pupils to add similar experiences out of their own lives.
Prayer is the essential {150} expression of true socialism; and the spirit which prompts it is and has always been the moving spirit of social progress.
Even more direct evidence of the emotion which prompts these stories is afforded by the Ho dirge, quoted by Professor Tylor (P.
And again, the difference between a real humility and the artificial deference which gallantry prompts is easily detected.
The actual stimulus which prompts the division is probably to be found in the disturbance of equilibrium which arises when the cell is taking in more nutriment than its digestive system can deal with.
Far earlier than the appearance of man in the world is the appearance of the social instinct which prompts the individual to live, and if necessary to die, for the larger life of the race.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "prompts" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
