impulse
Example Sentences
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As Enchassi waited to learn his friend’s fate, a thought kept nagging at him—an impulse he felt ashamed of, but found impossible to ignore.
From Slate • Apr. 19, 2026
He says he cooks chillis and stews to take to work, avoids impulse purchases and tries to keep spending on a night out below £20.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
Though a rat he may be, Orris shares the impulse of bibliophiles everywhere to surround himself with “stories and facts and poems.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
China Daily’s reporting on the emotional economy also included warnings from scholars and commentators that emotional value is hard to measure consistently, creating room for price distortion, impulse buying, and speculative excess.
From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026
Of course his first impulse was to say that he was only poor Arsheesh the fisherman's son and that the foreign lord must have mistaken him for someone else.
From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis
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"The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin
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