7 sentences with 'impulse'
Example sentences and phrases with the word impulse and other words derived from it.
• « At that moment, the office door opened as if under the impulse of an explosion, and Mrs. Barrows rushed into the office. »
• « One afternoon, Brian and I were on our way to meet the doctors when, on impulse, I grabbed his arm. »
• « These theories by Galileo refuted Aristotelian physics, which had claimed that objects are only kept in motion when there is a direct impulse; Galileo demonstrated through experiments the principles of inertia and acceleration and began the task of mathematically defining their workings. »
• « So while it is true that Napoleon truly believed in the revolutionary principles of reason and efficiency and cared little for outmoded traditions, there was no trace of the democratic impulse of revolution present in his personality or in the imperial state he created. »
• « Even his own support for religious freedom was born of this impulse: Napoleon did not care what religion his subjects professed as long as they worked diligently for the good of the state. »
• « What had changed, however, was that the impulse to tie morality to a code of shame was secularised in the Victorian era to apply to everything, especially in economics. In short, there was a moral connection between virtue and economic success. »
• « Being able to detect the exact frequency of each brain impulse would be the equivalent of reading the mind or interpreting emotions. If such a prodigy were possible, it would also be possible to change or interfere with them at will, even to force metabolic functions by sending orders. »