impetuous

Example Sentences

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"When you come on and your team is losing it gives you that extra impetuous to try and change it."

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

Even here, though, “Resurrection” drills down into something unbearably moving, turning the century’s end into an apocalyptic occurrence, the future perilously uncertain for these impetuous lovers.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2025

He distanced himself from his impetuous comments of recent weeks, when he described his season with Ferrari as "a nightmare" and said he was not looking forward to 2026.

From Barron's • Nov. 27, 2025

Whatever her chosen name and persona, our narrator remains a delightful original—part quirky, impetuous innocent, part optimistic nihilist.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

Therefore, with his impetuous move, Julius accomplished what no other pontiff would ever have achieved with the greatest of human prudence.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli