on impulse
Example Sentences
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She did some moves that were pretty irrational, and she would have times where she would act on impulse, and it became more and more unstable and unsafe.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
"Claire's was particularly vulnerable because it relied on physical stores in shopping centres and depended more heavily on impulse buys, which are rarer today with the rise of online shopping," he says.
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026
To confirm that the animals were truly engaging in reasoning rather than reacting on impulse, the researchers used tightly controlled experiments combined with computational modeling.
From Science Daily • Nov. 16, 2025
However, there are guardrails you can put in place to feel more in control of your funds and cut down on impulse spending, like making it harder to shop on your phone.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 31, 2025
Phineas bought things only on impulse and only when he had the money, and since the two states rarely coincided his purchases were few and strange.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
