impulse
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That White House staffers apparently felt comfortable anonymously attacking Holmes in personal terms suggests that the impulse has trickled down too.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
In “Kitchen Confidential,” Bourdain describes his decision to head to Provincetown as an impulse motivated less by romantic desire than by general apathy.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
Olmo must decide between fulfilling his duty or pursuing his age-appropriate impulse for fun.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
It’s an admirable impulse — and one rooted in a genuine sense of civic duty.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
With one impulse the men sank on their knees and a deep and earnest “Amen” broke from all as their eyes followed the pointing of his finger.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
He is renowned for his precise and restrained use of language, delivering provocative truths about people’s ugliest impulses and asking the audience to laugh at them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
The book’s hero is an upbeat, morally upright counselor named Ben Frost, who activated the boys’ noblest impulses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
But it’s also a story about, say, how a creature’s loneliness might make him greedy and petulant, and how sometimes the best solution is to feed someone’s heart as opposed to their impulses.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
“There is relatively little in the way of new impulses for the eurozone this week,” Metzler analysts said in a note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
Her mind is an unquiet one, words and thoughts and impulses constantly crashing into each other.
From "Every Day" by David Levithan
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"The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin
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