impulses
Example Sentences
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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
But even if the country’s worst impulses still bubbled up, U.S. midfielder Tyler Adams described a sentiment around his team that might as well have summed up the whole tournament.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 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
Nahai says by using mascots, brands tap into people's innate impulses.
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
Messages arrive chemically in the dendrites, where they are converted to electrical impulses, which travel down the axon, the long body of the cell.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
