impulses
Example Sentences
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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
A devotion to both impulses has marked America’s democratic experiment from the very beginning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
It’s meant to represent dueling impulses inside of him, he explains.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 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
My impulses were not filled with unfailing virtue.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
