impulse

She says it is not because she's hungry; but "it's this impulse to do it and then once it's in your head it's really difficult to shut it down or turn it off."

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

This means light must pass through layers of nerve fibres before reaching the photoreceptors – specialised cells responsible for detecting light and converting that into a nerve impulse to send to the brain.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026

When I look at the community he ultimately built around himself – the performers, writers, producers, actors, and friends who became his extended family – it feels like a continuation of that impulse.

From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026

“This inflation impulse is in addition to the high inflation recorded around the start of 2026, reflecting capacity pressures in the economy.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026

“It was with difficulty that I restrained the impulse more than once to hurl my manuscript at his head,” Stanton later wrote about the committee chairman.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

It’s meant to represent dueling impulses inside of him, he explains.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

But it’s also a story about, say, how a creature’s loneliness might make him greedy and petulant, and how sometimes the best solution is to feed someone’s heart as opposed to their impulses.

From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026

“There is relatively little in the way of new impulses for the eurozone this week,” Metzler analysts said in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

Nahai says by using mascots, brands tap into people's innate impulses.

From BBC ● May 13, 2026

Ralph needed to know what his limits were, and his impulses, what evil and what good he had it in his soul and hands to fashion.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen