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

Thompson was part of the wave of artists in the 1950s who explored the darker, deviant impulses of American life.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Wells agreed with Galton’s impulses to manipulate heredity as a means to create a “fitter society.”

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee