impulse
Example Sentences
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“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.
Even in the midst of such a pan, Mr. Rich insists on what he calls the “minimal, rock-bottom essential of art”—the “humane impulse” that generates empathy.
A surge in Chinese exports to Europe is helping to push down goods prices, providing a disinflationary impulse that is offsetting some of the upward pressure from energy costs, he said.
On impulse I told the pastor to wait and ran upstairs.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
