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

"I am not an impetuous person. I think things through. I have the serenity not to lose it under tension and under pressure. I consult. I hear. And I am brave. I take risks."

From Barron's • Feb. 28, 2026

The divide will test the leadership of Chief Executive Officer Mike Wirth, who will have to balance the wishes of an impetuous president with his obligation to shareholders to make prudent investments.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

Henry will come to regret it, of course, but he is an impetuous and paranoid narcissist, with little sense of history and even less vision.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2025

The rapidity of change and the speed with which new situations are created follow the impetuous and heedless pace of man rather than the deliberate pace of nature.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson