impulse
Example Sentences
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“Despite the state’s national reputation as ‘Scandinavia by the Sea,’ there remains a strong anti-tax impulse among voters who often reject tax increases and are loath to kill the state’s golden goose of tech entrepreneurship.”
From Los Angeles Times
Years later, I came to see that impulse—to notice, to care, to connect and help—as the very definition of wellness.
But the impulse behind them is already clear.
From Salon
It could be argued that the Surrealist impulse—primitive, mysterious, downright weird—isn’t modern but as old as art itself.
In typical cases, the exposure damages the brain’s frontal lobe, which slows cognition, impairs impulse control, restricts dopamine production and affects mood.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
