impulse

She says it is not because she's hungry; but "it's this impulse to do it and then once it's in your head it's really difficult to shut it down or turn it off."

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

This means light must pass through layers of nerve fibres before reaching the photoreceptors – specialised cells responsible for detecting light and converting that into a nerve impulse to send to the brain.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026

When I look at the community he ultimately built around himself – the performers, writers, producers, actors, and friends who became his extended family – it feels like a continuation of that impulse.

From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026

The conclusion drawn by Panirgitzoglou then, is that “the retail impulse in the options space is subsiding.”

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026

Mrs. Richardson asked, on impulse, and neither Mr. Wright nor Mrs. Wright answered.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

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

Eurozone government bond yields edged lower, tracking their Treasury peers, with little in the way of new impulses for the eurozone this week.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 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

Nahai says by using mascots, brands tap into people's innate impulses.

From BBC ● May 13, 2026

In traditional medicine ‘spirits’ did the work in the body that we would attribute to electrical impulses travelling along the nerves; these spirits were, we might say, barely material.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton