Impulse can be categorized as a noun and a verb.
Verb |
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| impulse - To impel; to incite. | ||
Noun |
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| impulse - the act of applying force suddenly; "the impulse knocked him over" | ||
| impulse - (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients); "the pulsations seemed to be coming from a star" | ||
| impulse - an instinctive motive; "profound religious impulses" | ||
| impulse - the electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber; "they demonstrated the transmission of impulses from the cortex to the hypothalamus" | ||
| impulse - a sudden desire; "he bought it on an impulse" | ||
| impulse - an impelling force or strength; "the car's momentum carried it off the road" |
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| 1. | noun | The impulse knocked him over. | |
| 2. | noun | He bought it on an impulse. | |
| 3. | noun | A foolish impulse made me say what I should have left unsaid. | |
| 4. | noun | Maybe the impulse was working upon her subconscious. | |
| 5. | noun | Try not to buy anything on impulse today. | |
| 6. | noun | I barely restrained the impulse to strike him. | |
| 7. | noun | I felt an impulse to cry out loud. | |
| 8. | noun | He told his wife not to buy on impulse. | |
| 9. | noun | He was borne away by an impulse. | |
| 10. | noun | She was borne away by an impulse. | |
| 11. | noun | She bought the dress on impulse. | |
| 12. | noun | He fell prey to an impulse to steal. | |
| 13. | noun | Men are rather reasoning than reasonable animals, for the most part governed by the impulse of passion. | |
| 14. | noun | Tom resisted the impulse to tell Mary what an idiot she had been. | |
| 15. | noun | Tom resisted the impulse to kiss Mary. |
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| noun | |
| The impulse knocked him over. |
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| He bought it on an impulse. |
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| A foolish impulse made me say what I should have left unsaid. | |
| Maybe the impulse was working upon her subconscious. | |
| Try not to buy anything on impulse today. | |
| I barely restrained the impulse to strike him. | |
| I felt an impulse to cry out loud. | |
| He told his wife not to buy on impulse. | |
| He was borne away by an impulse. | |
| She was borne away by an impulse. | |
| She bought the dress on impulse. | |
| He fell prey to an impulse to steal. | |
| Men are rather reasoning than reasonable animals, for the most part governed by the impulse of passion. | |
| Tom resisted the impulse to tell Mary what an idiot she had been. | |
| Tom resisted the impulse to kiss Mary. | |