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.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In XIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SECOND STAIN 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.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo MachiavelliContext Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER IX.