impulse
Example Sentences
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Not everyone is compelled to spend the extra money on a monogram for their jammies, but the impulse comes from the early days of life.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
As the West marked Easter, I was struck by a shared human impulse to seek hope among the ruins of the past.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
But still, I’m not sure we should reject the impulse to explore extreme ideas to stop global heating, since the current consensus seems to be doing next to nothing.
From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026
Yet the intellectual impulse behind it has not disappeared.
From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026
Unfortunately for the entrepreneurs, then came the Great Depression, and the commercial impulse withered.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
Vocabulary lists containing impulse
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"The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin
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