the urge

Example Sentences

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The brain must suppress the urge to read the word and instead focus on identifying the ink color.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

Resisting the urge to chase the stock is the prudent move.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

Both resisted the urge to panic and swim against the current, instead opting to float and await rescue as was taught to them by their father years before at their local swimming pool.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

They’re the uncomfortable ones: the capacity to be wrong in public and stay curious; to sit with a question your phone could answer in three seconds and resist the urge to reach for it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

When Mom arrives, I have to fight the urge to run to her and wrap my arms around her and cry into her shoulder.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish