impulsive
Example Sentences
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I can’t even count the number of times this has saved me from an impulsive purchase.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
“This was not impulsive conduct or a momentary lapse in judgment,” prosecutors said in a sentencing memo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
“I sometimes would cite Greenspan as being a little quicker to move and a little more impulsive and maybe more willing to take a surprise move,” Bullard said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026
Strang previously said he struggled to express his distress, and this would lead to behaviour that was impulsive.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
It was a daring, impulsive move on which the chaplain decided after quarreling with Corporal Whitcomb again and washing down with tepid canteen water his joyless lunch of a Milky Way and Baby Ruth.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
Vocabulary lists containing impulsive
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