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Recent Examples of impulsion
What impulsion drove you to make a film instead of writing another novel?
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Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Basically the same trick, with the take-off impulsion applied via the nose.
—John Leicester, ajc, 24 July 2021
Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Basically the same trick, with the take-off impulsion applied via the nose.
—John Leicester, ajc, 24 July 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impulsion
Noun
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While there are clearly still secrets between them, knowing that Red is her father initially allowed Liz to give into some of the darker impulses embedded in her DNA, much to the audience's delight.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
19 Feb. 2025
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Therefore, our first impulse when challenged is about survival—physically and emotionally.—
Hylke Faber,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Gondry expands his eclectic filmography with this rejuvenating fantasia, revealing another facet of his creativity (and confessing a certain compulsion; when Maya declines to provide a title for a next short, his reaction is priceless).—
Sheri Linden,
The Hollywood Reporter,
20 Feb. 2025
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Overcoming the compulsions, the siren’s call, the lowest-common-denominator, tabloid, casino effect of everything in a very competitive attention environment where we’re driven toward the lowest common denominator.—
Sean Illing,
Vox,
1 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Subjected to an almost watertight international arms embargo, Iran was forced to rely mostly on self-sufficiency, religious zeal, and patriotism.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
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Despite the home’s spot on a corner lot with plenty of foot traffic, Sight’s zeal for planting trees has also helped obscure it from prying eyes.—
Lori Keong,
Architectural Digest,
21 Feb. 2025
Noun
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But if his desire to return to the PGA Tour is as strong as Couples intimated, golf fans may well see him every week once again.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
4 Mar. 2025
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As Jaclyn tries to encourage (mock?) divorcee Laurie into having a fling at the resort with one of the staff members, Laurie is visibly torn between indulging her own desires and proving her friends’ pity to be misplaced.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
3 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Jealousy is often a sign of frustrated longing or desire.—
Dominique Fluker,
Essence,
18 Feb. 2025
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Spending your days pampering other people can foster a deep feeling of longing to be the one being fed and massaged.—
Noel Murray,
New York Times,
17 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Use silence in meetings—Resist the urge to fill pauses immediately.—
Cheryl Robinson,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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The urge to assist recently laid off federal workers comes after continuous cuts to the federal workforce.—
Shaela Foster,
Baltimore Sun,
24 Feb. 2025
Noun
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People enjoyed the novelty of these more down-to-earth actors, but, as this becomes normalized, a yearning opens up for those who operate on the other extreme.—
Callum Booth,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
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There’s a strange way, too, in which the goofiness reinforces the melancholy at the heart of his joke, a yearning for an entire range of interactions that have fallen to the wayside in a world that doesn’t have use for them.—
Ismail Muhammad,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
Noun
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That greater success stems in part from the fact that by engaging the same receptors stimulated by fentanyl and other illicit opioids, buprenorphine (and methadone) can greatly blunt cravings and withdrawal symptoms.—
Moises Velasquez-Manoff,
New York Times,
17 Feb. 2025
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The main difference between physical hunger and emotional eating is that emotional eating starts in the brain and includes sudden onset feelings of anxiety or sadness, specific cravings, not feeling satisfied even when full, and feelings of guilt after eating.—
Allison Futterman,
Discover Magazine,
15 Feb. 2025
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“Impulsion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impulsion. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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