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Meanings of strong impulse in English

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Usage of strong impulse in English
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I had to fight down a strong impulse to bolt and run.
The Great Book of Amber
2
My heart starts pounding and I have a strong impulse to run.
The Hunger Games
3
He repressed a strong impulse to propose on the instant to Dolly.
Ladies Must Live
4
Raskolnikoff felt again a strong impulse to make a face at him.
The Lock and Key Library: The Most Interesting Stories of All Na...
5
Do you know, Marsh, I had a strong impulse to go, too.
The Just and the Unjust
6
On the afternoon of this day the second strong impulse came to him.
Baree, Son of Kazan
7
A strong impulse came upon her and she yielded to it without hesitation.
The Woman with the Fan
8
He felt a strong impulse to see Helen Darley and talk with her.
Elsie Venner
9
In a sudden, strong impulse, Mrs. Hart embraced Edith, and, looking upward, exclaimed:
What Can She Do?
10
Jim had a strong impulse to follow, but a small hand seized his.
In the Roaring Fifties
11
Did not liberty in those days feel the strong impulse of woman's heart?
Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe / Compiled From Her Letters and Jo...
12
There is a strong impulse to tell someone about it.
Lid Off the Cauldron
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It took a strong impulse to bring him out and disclose his real capacity.
The Advance of English Poetry in the Twentieth Century
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The strong impulse having had its way, she seemed to be recovering self command.
The Emancipated
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For just a moment I remained silent, struggling against a strong impulse to laugh.
A Rogue by Compulsion: An Affair of the Secret Service
16
Bob for a moment had a strong impulse to retort, but his anger died.
The Rules of the Game
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