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Literary notes about drive (AI summary)

The word "drive" in literature is remarkably versatile, functioning both literally and metaphorically. In many works it denotes physical propulsion—a carriage drive through the countryside [1] or the act of sending someone away [2]—while other authors expand its use to embody emotional or psychological force, as when false bliss is driven from the mind [3] or fury nearly drives a character mad [4]. It may also illustrate strategic action or determination, such as when military forces are driven back [5] or when one is compelled to drive a hard bargain in negotiations [6]. Thus, "drive" becomes a dynamic term that not only describes movement but also reveals inner struggles and societal conflicts.
  1. I dressed carefully, and made myself look less weary, and to freshen myself up I had a long drive in an open carriage.
    — from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova
  2. We stood at the window and watched the cab drive away.
    — from The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
  3. When night hath past, the bright dawn comes In car of rosy hue; So drive the false bliss from thy mind, And thou shall see the true.
    — from The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius
  4. He rejected that idea, feeling to what a degree of fury it might drive him, feeling that that fury might drive him mad.
    — from Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  5. Lannes and Murat drive back the Russians.
    — from Napoleon's Letters to Josephine, 1796-1812 by Emperor of the French Napoleon I
  6. drive a bargain, drive a hard bargain; cheapen, beat down; stop one hole in a sieve; have an itching palm, grasp, grab.
    — from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

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