impatience
Example Sentences
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As their impatience grows, the window for Odysseus to reclaim his kingdom and restore a crumbling world to Zeus’ law — essentially open-hearted hospitality and treating others as you’d be treated — is closing.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
The actual policy consequence of this will have to reckon with rising global energy prices, pressure on household budgets, and some impatience from North Sea energy interests to pump more oil and gas.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Amid growing impatience within the ruling party, now-former Labour MP Josh Simons stood down in Makerfield so that Burnham could try to return to parliament and run for leader.
From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026
The gathering reflects mounting impatience with the slow pace of global negotiations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2026
We laughed because our great-grandmother’s impatience was unexpected.
From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia
Vocabulary lists containing impatience
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