impatience
Example Sentences
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The gathering reflects mounting impatience with the slow pace of global negotiations.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026
But she faces growing impatience from Venezuelans struggling to pay for food, medicine and other basics.
From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026
US President Donald Trump, who spearheaded diplomatic efforts to end the war, has been signalling impatience with the deadlock between the two sides.
From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026
The answer isn’t to abolish heritage months out of impatience or indifference.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026
I sighed and tried not to let my impatience show.
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
Vocabulary lists containing impatience
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