IMPULSE in a Sentence

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176 example sentences for IMPULSE, such as:

1. I resisted the impulse to laugh.
2. My first impulse was to run away.
3. He had a sudden impulse to stand up and sing.
4. The door was open and on impulse she went inside.
5. Scarlett stared at her and had an impulse to shake her.

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 Meanings and Examples of IMPULSE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
impulse
 n.  act of applying force suddenly; an impelling force or strength
Classic Sentence: (156 in 11 pages)
1  Mrs. Hale drew a deep breath, as though her memory were eased of its long burden, and she had no more to say; but suddenly an impulse of complete avowal seized her.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
2  She stifled her impulse to tell him exactly what she thought of him.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
3  Scarlett stared at her and had an impulse to shake her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
4  Scarlett had neither the time nor the impulse to pet him but it made her jealous to see Melanie do it.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
5  Her first terrified impulse was to hide in the closet, crawl under the bed, fly down the back stairs and run screaming to the swamp, anything to escape him.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
6  As they drove off, Scarlett had the impulse to spit at them.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
7  And then the picture faded, blotted out by an impulse, hard, unscrupulous and greedy, which had been born in the lean days at Tara and was now strengthened by the present uncertainty of life.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
8  She was very glad she had stifled this impulse when her first news of Rhett came in a letter from Aunt Pauline in Charleston where, it seemed, Rhett was visiting his mother.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LVI
9  An impulse of curiosity made him turn out of his direct line to the door, and stroll past her.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 1
10  And the day was the accomplice of her mood: it was a day for impulse and truancy.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 5
11  In the first leap of her anger she was about to ring and order the woman out; but an obscure impulse restrained her.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 9
12  The performance over, Selden's first impulse was to seek Miss Bart.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 12
13  To his impatience it seemed immeasurably long to wait, and half-ashamed of the impulse, he leaned to Mrs. Fisher to ask, as the music ceased, if Miss Bart had not dined with her.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 14
14  She had time to take a fresh survey of her wretchedness, and to fluctuate anew between the impulse to confide in Selden and the dread of destroying his illusions.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 15
15  The pertinence of the question checked Selden's fugitive impulse before the train had started.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 1
Example Sentence: (20 in 2 pages)
1  They display chocolates next to supermarket checkouts to encourage impulse buying.
2  The door was open and on impulse she went inside.
3  I resisted the impulse to laugh.
4  The main impulse for the unrest came from extremist Muslims.
5  It is the passions which provide the main impulse of music.
6  My first impulse was to run away.
7  Unable to resist the impulse, he glanced at the sea again.
8  He had a sudden impulse to stand up and sing.
9  The next day and the day after, he hung about the court-room, drawn by an almost irresistible impulse to go in, but forcing himself to stay out.
10  When mists as chill as death wandered to the impulse of east winds along those purple peaks, and rolled down "ing" and holm till they blended with the frozen fog of the beck!
11  If the transgression is a result of accident rather than impulse or intent, the root is not in us.
12  When mists as chill as death wandered to the impulse of east winds along those purple peaks, and rolled down till they blended with the frozen fog of the beck!
13  The professional boxers are required by law to restrict their offensive impulses to the ring.
14  Aroused by his prurient impulses, the dirty old man leered at the sweet young thing and offered to give her a sample of his "prowess.".
15  His senses and reasons inhibited his wrong desires or impulses.