involuntary impulse
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After watching him for some time, Nigel, under an almost involuntary impulse, shouted “Hullo!”
From Blown to Bits The Lonely Man of Rakata, the Malay Archipelago by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
I heard a voice singing to the dip of oars, and had to be held down by five men to restrain an involuntary impulse to quit my company.
From Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War by George Alfred Townsend
After watching him for some time, Nigel under an almost involuntary impulse shouted "Hullo!"
From Blown to Bits or, The Lonely Man of Rakata by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
He put his own hand on the back of the chair with an involuntary impulse.
From The Perpetual Curate by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
His act was probably the result of an involuntary impulse, for he stopped before he reached the girl.
From Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall by Charles Major
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