impulse

Example Sentences

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Yet the intellectual impulse behind it has not disappeared.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

These shortcuts make impulse buying “almost effortless,” Florida-based VyStar Credit Union says, and removing the ease of a one-tap purchase forces a moment of hesitation that could save your budget.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

Caesar, Hegel writes, was driven by “an unconscious impulse that occasioned the accomplishment of that for which the time was ripe.”

From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026

Some of those who took part were also taking another Parkinson's drug, but 14% of patients on a dopamine agonist alone developed an impulse control disorder, the study found.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

On an impulse I turned to where her life was recorded.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns