impulse
Example Sentences
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What do you make of that impulse to dump everything out into the world?
From Los Angeles Times
Across the West, similar cases appear frequently enough to challenge the belief that these impulses remain geographically contained.
But in winter, that impulse borders on essential.
From Salon
Ms. Kondo makes the point that handmade ceramics bear the spirit “of the place and time in which they were made”—a sentiment that underscores any collector’s impulses for the accumulation of objects.
Early findings suggest it may also help with conditions related to impulse control, including binge eating disorder.
From Science Daily
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