impulse
Example Sentences
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This ion movement generates electrical signals, including the nerve impulses responsible for muscle contraction.
From Science Daily
Accompanied by that natural impulse and the president’s blessing, Kennedy has indeed gone wild in office.
From Salon
But the impulses it revealed are now the dominant mode of our online existence.
From Salon
One in six Parkinson's patients on the drugs are affected by impulse control disorders - the clinical term for this behaviour - according to one 2010 study of just over 3,000 people.
From BBC
Similarly, the assimilationist impulses of the Jewish founders of the Hollywood studio system tell a coherent story.
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