impulse

Example Sentences

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Those email promos are too good at winning over consumers — 72% of online shoppers have made an impulse purchase after seeing an advertised discount, according to Capital One Shopping.

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

One in six Parkinson's patients taking the drugs are affected by impulse control disorders, the clinical term for these behaviours, according to one study cited as the largest of its kind.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

Yet in this dense marketplace of ideas, identities and impulse buys, a shared sensibility quickly comes into focus.

From Barron's • Mar. 28, 2026

An impulse held me fast—a force turned me round.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë