impetuosity
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Bellingham, for all the impetuosity that could - and should - have seen him sent off on Monday, is a generational talent, while Arsenal's Myles Lewis-Skelly has demonstrated he is a natural at this level.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2025
These people having no towns, all their wars are carried on with eagerness and impetuosity.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
“Because Anderson has not proved that the 1994 murders reflected youthful immaturity, impetuosity, or failure to appreciate risks and consequences, Washington’s constitution does not forbid his standard-range 61-year sentence,” Stephens wrote in the majority opinion.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 9, 2022
At the same time he’s pointedly portrayed as a caring father and husband, and someone who will, at the last extreme of presidential impetuosity, take a stand against needlessly provoking other nuclear powers.
From New York Times • May 27, 2020
“Well, I be mighty delighted,” she said after a moment, seeming to have briefly regretted the impetuosity that had led her to call him a “pretty” man.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
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