impulse
Example Sentences
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When writing feels like competing with software that works for free, the impulse isn’t to fight harder.
From Slate • Apr. 12, 2026
China Daily’s reporting on the emotional economy also included warnings from scholars and commentators that emotional value is hard to measure consistently, creating room for price distortion, impulse buying, and speculative excess.
From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026
While it’s tempting to imagine what you could afford to spend your money on without these payments, it’s best not to act on that impulse.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 11, 2026
When inflation is already low and expectations are firmly anchored, policymakers can afford to “look through” or ignore the inflationary impulse of higher energy prices.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
“Another minute, and she will despise me for a hypocrite,” thought I; and an impulse of fury against Reed, Brocklehurst, and Co. bounded in my pulses at the conviction.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Vocabulary lists containing impulse
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"The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin
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