He fought an irrational desire to turn around and walk rapidly back the way he had come.

We can't not know that some expressions of order are motivated by thoroughly irrational desires for control.

She had to restrain an irrational desire to laugh.

At which point she was almost overcome by an irrational desire to cancel the whole event.

We arrive at moral rules by extending these objects of irrational desire to others.

He had an irrational desire to thank her.

Schmidt simply claimed an irrational desire to dig through the mountain to prevent others from moving in on his find.

Lust is an irrational desire, or pursuit of an expected good.

Paul had an irrational desire to slam the handset down and go back to sleep beside his wife.

He dropped himself on the couch, stifling an irrational desire to look under the cushions.