impulse
Example Sentences
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“There has been enough of an inflationary impulse in the system to have closed the window for central banks to simply look through the shock,” said Paul Hollingsworth, an economist at BNP Paribas.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
I understand every grubby, rotten impulse of the bereaved.
From Slate • Apr. 23, 2026
“The retail impulse to bid up these names definitely says something about risk appetite,” said Ross Mayfield, an investment strategist at Baird Private Wealth Management.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026
I need something that moves with me — something that honors the impulse to decide, mid-meal, you know what, this needs a little brightness, and makes it effortless to follow through.
From Salon • Apr. 21, 2026
His first impulse, for instance, was to get into his car and drive to Ithaca, the nearest big town.
From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien
Vocabulary lists containing impulse
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"The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin
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