IMPULSIVE in a Sentence
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176 example sentences for IMPULSIVE, 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. She was fond of her children in an uneven, impulsive way.
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. She was fond of her children in an uneven, impulsive way.
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Meanings and Examples of IMPULSIVE
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impulsive
a. having the power of driving or impelling
a. characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation
Classic Sentence: (156 in 11 pages)
1 She pointed up to the sky, then to my eyes, then back to the sky, with movements so quick and impulsive that she distracted me, and I had no idea what she wanted.
2 Even after she learned to speak English readily, there was always something impulsive and foreign in her speech.
3 She was fond of her children in an uneven, impulsive way.
4 You are not impulsive, you are not romantic, you are accustomed to view everything from the strong dispassionate ground of reason and calculation.
5 For a moment we caught a glimpse of the natural man, impulsive, ardent, keenly sensitive.
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6 As he sat down beside her, Amy felt shy again, and turned rosy red at the recollection of her impulsive greeting.
7 He had left Moscow when Boris was a boy of fourteen, and had quite forgotten him, but in his usual impulsive and hearty way he took Boris by the hand with a friendly smile.
8 It was so nice to know that she looked pretty and provocative, and she impulsively bent forward and kissed her reflection in the mirror and then laughed at her own foolishness.
9 She went in impulsively; nodded at the matron, a plump worthy widow named Nodelquist, and at a couple of farm-women who were meekly rocking.
10 The second evening after the movies she impulsively summoned Vida Sherwin and Guy to the house for pop-corn and cider.
11 She impulsively invited the Dillons to the dramatic association meeting, and when Kennicott was brusque to them she was unusually cordial, and felt virtuous.
12 It seemed but poor comfort to so brave and unselfish a soul, and impulsively I bent over and kissed him.
13 She had risen, as if impulsively, from where she lay on the sofa, and raised both her hands, palms upwards, as if lifting a weight.
14 Sergius, with an exclamation of pleasure, goes impulsively to meet her.
15 For we see that in what they do some men act impulsively, others warily and with caution.
Example Sentence: (20 in 2 pages)
1 A colleague once referred to impulsive children as “MNM” kids: Me, Now, and More!
2 Finally, his expression solemn, he replied, You are a complex woman, Annabel, despite the fact that you sometimes behave like an impulsive child.
3 Rosa was impulsive and sometimes regretted things she'd done.
4 They display chocolates next to supermarket checkouts to encourage impulse buying.
5 The door was open and on impulse she went inside.
6 I resisted the impulse to laugh.
7 The main impulse for the unrest came from extremist Muslims.
8 It is the passions which provide the main impulse of music.
9 My first impulse was to run away.
10 Unable to resist the impulse, he glanced at the sea again.
11 He had a sudden impulse to stand up and sing.
12 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.
13 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!
14 If the transgression is a result of accident rather than impulse or intent, the root is not in us.
15 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!