impulsive

Example Sentences

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The plot basically sticks to the first seven chapters of the 100-chapter novel, which concerns an engagingly impulsive monkey who obtains superpowers and, to protect his monkey community, enjoys one wily adventure after another.

From Los Angeles Times

And impulsive anger or desperation can quickly turn fatal when a firearm is within reach.

From Los Angeles Times

He “views her as too impulsive, while she sometimes thinks he is too cautious,” Jacobs said, and yet, Gold’s moral core is clear: “She knows what she does is the right thing to do.”

From New York Times

But he is also impulsive, bigoted, inept and ignorant.

From Salon

As a candidate and then as president, Trump drew supporters ever closer with his brash, impulsive and decidedly unpresidential behavior — not in spite of it.

From Los Angeles Times