Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind. From LearnThat.org. [Robert Louis Stevenson]
He bought it on an impulse. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The impulse knocked him over. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
I do have to consciously stop myself from even asking, but the impulse is always there. From Wordnik.com. [Hair Petting] Reference
Goddesses of War don't get caught up in impulse behavior. From Wordnik.com. [May 2008] Reference
And so today the economic and industrial impulse is world-wide. From Wordnik.com. [The Question of the Maximum] Reference
Every time they start talking my impulse is just to go, Shhhhh!. From Wordnik.com. [intertribal: I see a bad moon rising] Reference
Near term, a short term impulse may be complete or close to complete. From Wordnik.com. [IBTimes.com RSS Feed - Politics & Policy] Reference
It isn't all bad - part of the impulse is simply sharing the experience. From Wordnik.com. [Textual response] Reference
I feel that trying to destroy that impulse is not only hopeless but cruel. From Wordnik.com. [Fan the Flames] Reference
The authoritarian impulse is justified, as it always is, through paranoia. From Wordnik.com. [Balkinization] Reference
The impulse is to answer that it depends upon the particular type of youth. From Wordnik.com. [Preface] Reference
The impulse is not unlike my odd inclination to make my bed in hotel rooms. From Wordnik.com. [My “Papers” : Kwame Dawes : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation] Reference
Lauries first impulse is to flee, but Dickie begs her to tell them a story. From Wordnik.com. [The Giant-Slayer by Iain Lawrence: Book summary] Reference
When any sudden impulse is given to an elastic fluid like the air, it acquires. From Wordnik.com. [Note XV] Reference
I think the medievalist impulse is not really so much post-Modern as non-Modern. From Wordnik.com. [Blogging and Medievalists] Reference
Viewing their video of a single engine test, the shutdown impulse is clearly visible. From Wordnik.com. [What's Next for SpaceX? - NASA Watch] Reference
Eh, his explanation of the roots of the religious impulse is not the one I would give. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Misfortune?] Reference
"My first impulse is always to take the high road, to be truthful and avoid deception.". From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Fessing up in baseball not a do or Dye proposition] Reference
"When you're just entering the grief mode, I guess your first impulse is to stay busy.". From Wordnik.com. [Grey's Anatomy's Sara Ramirez Stands Up — and Sings — for Liver Cancer] Reference
Her impulse is correct … he lets all kinds of things flap in the wind at their peril. From Wordnik.com. [Romney’s Detours on Detroit - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
If I hear a beautiful song, or see a beautiful picture, my first impulse is to share it. From Wordnik.com. [Scripting News for 8/7/07 « Scripting News Annex] Reference
Politicians also have a near-term impulse to soften the recession's blow on constituents. From Wordnik.com. [U.S.'s Balancing Act Lacks Self-Control] Reference
My first impulse is to say, "HOT!" but in reality it depends on the characters and the story. From Wordnik.com. [Angels' Blood Countdown: Jasmine Haynes - The first two Fortune Hunter books] Reference
My own impulse is to scoop up all the babies of the world and … make them middle-class like me?. From Wordnik.com. [The Mom in the Mirror | Her Bad Mother] Reference
A natural impulse is to tell your child to slow down, relax or take a deep breath before speaking. From Wordnik.com. [Tips for Parents] Reference
When you read the second sentence in this passage, your natural impulse is to look for the misprint. From Wordnik.com. [Inside the Whale] Reference
When I find something really cool, my first impulse is to find somebody to drag outside and show it to. From Wordnik.com. [Waldo Jaquith - Astrophotographer.] Reference
Art has gotten so mixed up in the past century that even trying to separate out each impulse is tricky. From Wordnik.com. [Girder and Panel] Reference
For their impulse is not only to crush every new talent as it appears, but to castrate the past as well. From Wordnik.com. [Benefit Of Clergy: Some Notes On Salvador Dali] Reference
Because I did not immediately reply she shook me, as if in impulse to clarify wits she considered addled. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 17] Reference
Because I did not immediately reply, she shook me, as if in impulse to clarify wits she considered addled. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 17] Reference
Your frustration with the authoritarian impulse is evident, but the U.S. may be pulling back from the abyss. From Wordnik.com. [Contemporary Mythologies] Reference
She had had no time to think of it yet, when passing the drawing-room door a certain impulse prompted her to go in. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Helmet] Reference
Bernstein according to which the nerve impulse is a travelling permeability leak shunting inside to outside across the fibre membrane. From Wordnik.com. [Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1963 - Presentation Speech] Reference
She did not repent, -- she would not have recalled the impulse that winged her flight. From Wordnik.com. [Zanoni] Reference
"I am going to undo every entitled impulse ever drilled into you," she tells him grandly. From Wordnik.com. [2010 Fall TV Lineup: 10 New Shows Worth Checking Out] Reference
Unidentified Woman: (as character) I am going to undo every entitled impulse ever drilled into you. From Wordnik.com. [Fox's 'Running Wilde' Runs Amok] Reference
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