impulse
Example Sentences
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Mixing languid conversations with pop spectacle, Lowery finds a middle ground that looks altogether human, with every impulse, bad and good, opening another door to the truth.
From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026
This impulse has now been honored with a semicongratulatory presidential tweet.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
Nonfood instant-retail orders exceeded 18 million a day, showing the model is moving beyond impulse meals.
From Barron's • May 23, 2026
Morgan might overdo Fiona’s fiery streak when she sings “Waitin’ For My Dearie,” but the driving impulse is to bring the musical’s out-of-time female characters into the 21st century.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
A message travels as an electrical impulse through the axon, down the body of the nerve cell, to the axon terminal.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
Vocabulary lists containing impulse
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"The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin
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