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irresistible impulse

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Noun1.irresistible impulse - an urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid; "he felt a compulsion to babble on about the accident"
compulsion
irrational impulse - a strong spontaneous and irrational motivation; "his first impulse was to denounce them"; "the urge to find out got him into trouble"


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There were moments when, by an irresistible impulse, I found myself catching them up and pressing them to my heart.
Turn Of The Screw by James, Henry View in context
And here, yielding to an irresistible impulse, I wrote my name upon the nose of a steatite monster from South America that particularly took my fancy.
The Time Machine by Wells, H.G. View in context
The next day and the day after, he hung about the court-room, drawn by an al- most irresistible impulse to go in, but forcing himself to stay out.
Tom Sawyer by Twain, Mark View in context
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