impulses
Example Sentences
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GLP-1 users’ subdued urges and impulses pose a particular challenge for the racks of snacks sold in convenience stores and supermarket checkout aisles, where consumption often occurs within 30 minutes of purchase.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
The book’s hero is an upbeat, morally upright counselor named Ben Frost, who activated the boys’ noblest impulses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 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
"The US president has strong impulses that are not always easy to explain in terms of grand strategy," Clary says.
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
And I had seen so many begin to pack their lives in cotton wool, smother their impulses, hood their passions, and gradually retire from their manhood into a kind of spiritual and physical semi-invalidism.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
