impatience
Example Sentences
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Or you can get riled up with impatience, jealousy and/or dismay with a self-confessed couple who has everything, including $6 million set aside for retirement, and still want advice.
From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026
But she faces growing impatience from Venezuelans struggling to pay for food, medicine and other basics.
From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026
In general, they always prefer early records because they’re filled with that youthful sort of impatience.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
The US President has previously signalled his impatience with the lack of swift progress in solving the four-year conflict.
From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026
Turner’s impatience to reach it had become inseparable from his thirst.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
Vocabulary lists containing impatience
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
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