strange urge

Frequency: 7.09.8 per million words

Describes an unusual or unexpected desire.

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Examples (10)

  • I felt a strange urge to just drop everything and travel.
  • She had a strange urge to paint the wall purple.
  • There was a strange urge to confess his secret.
  • He experienced a strange urge to learn an obscure language.
  • Despite the cold, I had a strange urge to go for a swim.
  • A strange urge to rearrange all the furniture came over me.
  • I tried to ignore the strange urge to laugh at the serious moment.
  • Giving in to a strange urge, she bought a one-way ticket.
  • He couldn't shake off the strange urge to explore the abandoned house.
  • Where did this strange urge to bake a cake at midnight come from?