impulse
Example Sentences
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But a second later, he reaches for his phone, on impulse.
From BBC • Jun. 28, 2026
At the Louvre, the impulse is not to revere Franklin, gazing out from inside his vitrine, but to approach him—to bend down, to look him in the eye.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
While I understand the impulse, I’d advise you to stay focused.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 12, 2026
See said she felt that same impulse with “Daughters of the Sun and Moon.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 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
Vocabulary lists containing impulse
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"The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin
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