impulse
Example Sentences
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Those dueling impulses, rage and reason, are the focus of “Rage and the Republic: The Unfinished Story of the American Revolution” by Jonathan Turley, a law professor at George Washington University.
According to the NHS, it can happen if the electrical impulses in your heart are blocked or delayed.
From BBC
In fact, he was so grateful that his strongest impulse was to give C.C. a big hug as a way of saying thanks.
From Literature
“Deliberation tempers impulse, and compromise hammers disagreements into workable solutions,” he writes.
It will be more orderly and less chaotic, less driven by impulse and vendetta, more discriminating between allies and adversaries.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
