involuntary impulse
Example Sentences
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After watching him for some time, Nigel, under an almost involuntary impulse, shouted “Hullo!”
From Blown to Bits The Lonely Man of Rakata, the Malay Archipelago by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
Shuddering, I dashed myself against the wall, and by the same involuntary impulse, turned my face backward to examine the mysterious monitor.
From Wieland: or, the Transformation, an American Tale by Charles Brockden Brown
His act was probably the result of an involuntary impulse, for he stopped before he reached the girl.
From Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall by Charles Major
I had to smile, and yet tears came suddenly into my eyes, and yielding to an involuntary impulse, I asked: 'Anna Maria, do you really believe that Klaus will send Susanna away.'
From A Sister's Love A Novel by W. Heimburg
Nor was it exactly a desire that counselled him to this act; but a sort of involuntary impulse, such as the bird feels to approach the serpent that would destroy it.
From The Fatal Cord And The Falcon Rover by Mayne Reid
