impulse

Example Sentences

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Yet the intellectual impulse behind it has not disappeared.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

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

"Are impulse control disorders very common on very low doses of these drugs? Probably not. Are they a big problem when doses are high? Yes, they are."

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

His next impulse was to look at Bree for help.

From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis