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'impulse' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'impulse' with 9 example sentences.


impulse noun

: an instinctive motive

: a sudden desire

: the electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber

: (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients)

: the act of applying force suddenly

: an impelling force or strength


  • You people are urged to drop the earthly impulse.
  • I felt an impulse to cry out loud.
  • He told his wife not to buy on impulse.
  • On a sudden impulse, I returned to my home town.
  • Sharks are sensitive to electrical impulses as well as sound.
  • It was an impulse buy.
  • Sometimes it's hard to resist the impulse to burst out laughing.
  • All this impulse buying is going to leave you saddled with debt.
  • He went out, yielding to a sudden impulse.
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