involuntary impulse
Example Sentences
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Lee and his staff almost with involuntary impulse returned the salute in like fashion.
From The Shades of the Wilderness A Story of Lee's Great Stand by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler
For a long time, whenever a man approached her, her first involuntary impulse was to draw back suddenly, trembling and nervous, like a terrified, bewildered beast, looking about for means of flight.
From Germinie Lacerteux by Jules de Goncourt
Then, moved by 11 an involuntary impulse he did not even pause to analyze, he shrugged his shoulders slightly.
From Shoe-Bar Stratton by George W. Gage
Mary Taylor stirred in her seat under an involuntary impulse to help, but Cresswell touched the horse.
From The Quest of the Silver Fleece A Novel by W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) Du Bois
After watching him for some time, Nigel, under an almost involuntary impulse, shouted “Hullo!”
From Blown to Bits The Lonely Man of Rakata, the Malay Archipelago by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
