impulse
Example Sentences
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Though a rat he may be, Orris shares the impulse of bibliophiles everywhere to surround himself with “stories and facts and poems.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
She’s getting more famous — drawing more and more people away from the influencer pop-ups and into her tent at Coachella — her life, in many ways, fulfilling the very impulse she mistrusts.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026
When writing feels like competing with software that works for free, the impulse isn’t to fight harder.
From Slate • Apr. 12, 2026
China Daily’s reporting on the emotional economy also included warnings from scholars and commentators that emotional value is hard to measure consistently, creating room for price distortion, impulse buying, and speculative excess.
From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026
Then, on a sudden but apparently pressing impulse, he stretched out supine on the carpet.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
Vocabulary lists containing impulse
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"The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin
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