impulse
Example Sentences
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But when he arrived backstage after receiving the Bafta Television special award, he was asked the question many of us have wondered - has he ever made an impulse purchase?
From BBC • May 10, 2026
However, psychopathy likely reflects a broader pattern of brain differences involving motivation, emotional processing, impulse control, and social behavior.
From Science Daily • May 10, 2026
An omen among omens: Mid-dog-walk that day, I spot a onesie that reads “Milk Drunk” and shudder at the impulse to recruit our newborns into low-key bacchanalia.
From Slate • May 10, 2026
In her mind, both “Zama” and “Our Land” come from the same impulse to dissect colonialism.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
Bunny, through no impulse toward Hellenic purity but simply out of mean-spiritedness, championed this view.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
Vocabulary lists containing impulse
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"The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin
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