impulse

Example Sentences

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An impulse to run came over me, but I was frozen in place.

From Literature

“The longer the strait is impassable, the tighter commodity supply will become, thus the higher prices will likely go, and the greater the inflationary impulse that will follow,” the senior research strategist says.

From The Wall Street Journal

"The longer the Strait is impassable, the tighter commodity supply will become, thus the higher prices will likely go, and the greater the inflationary impulse that will follow."

From Barron's

These signals appear as very low frequency transients i.e. impulse like transition or settling signals recorded in horizontal ground motion, including both acceleration and tilt.

From Science Daily

For Mandelkorn, styling is as much about storytelling as it is natural impulse.

From Los Angeles Times