impulse

Example Sentences

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Those email promos are too good at winning over consumers — 72% of online shoppers have made an impulse purchase after seeing an advertised discount, according to Capital One Shopping.

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

It is an "under-estimate" to say impulse control disorders affect fewer than 1% of patients in drug leaflets, according to Valerie Voon, who was one of the authors of the 2010 study.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

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.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

I grit my teeth and quash an impulse to throw a trowel at it.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed