impulse
Example Sentences
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Caesar, Hegel writes, was driven by “an unconscious impulse that occasioned the accomplishment of that for which the time was ripe.”
From Salon
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
Yet in this dense marketplace of ideas, identities and impulse buys, a shared sensibility quickly comes into focus.
From Barron's
“In this world where decisions are more and more driven by impulse, from Spain we offer the opposite: We offer predictability,” he said.
The details differ, but the impulse is the same: a search for villains who make anger feel justified.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
