impulses

Example Sentences

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

From BBC • May 13, 2026

There are more impulses and ideas than can be dramatically metabolized.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Are we still deserving of kindness when someone knows our darkest, most cruel impulses?

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

In any case, it’s fully in keeping with the Founders’ aim of making the Senate a body that checks public impulses.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

What called out to him from Guernica was both the terrible tragedy of what had occurred and the enormous power of art to explain and ultimately defeat man’s most evil impulses.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove