impulse

Example Sentences

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Yet the intellectual impulse behind it has not disappeared.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

These shortcuts make impulse buying “almost effortless,” Florida-based VyStar Credit Union says, and removing the ease of a one-tap purchase forces a moment of hesitation that could save your budget.

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

Rather than fewer than 1% of Parkinson's patients developing impulse control disorders, as indicated in current leaflets, the study indicated that about 17% of patients on dopamine agonists were affected.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

And still her first impulse was to tell Anat to take it off, to put it away, to film another costume another night.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny