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
In addition to dragging the pieces into place, much of the opening episode seems meant to satisfy an impulse to show off Kansas City — Sudeikis grew up in that area.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
It’s an admirable impulse — and one rooted in a genuine sense of civic duty.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
Here it was, all going on right before me, and I did not even feel an impulse to try and stop it.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
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
It’s no wonder that theater etiquette has declined when so many people are turning to their obsequious chatbots for validation of their worst impulses.
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026
These include when the electrical impulses that regulate heartbeats don't function properly, or when the walls of the heart become inflamed or damaged.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
Ammons reacted uneasily to Bloom’s praise and felt the critic failed to recognize his poetic impulses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
The electrical impulses in modern computers do, however, travel nearly at the speed of light.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Vocabulary lists containing impulse
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"The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin
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