patience

Example Sentences

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Revealing the fossil's structure required patience and precision.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

This tempering of expectations suggests an improved risk/reward balance for the shares, “but we stress patience is likely required,” Gawrelski wrote.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

It requires restraint, patience and a willingness to confront ideas that don't affirm one’s own perspective.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Roche has chosen to provide an update as part of a wider desire within the club to ask for patience from their vast fanbase.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

They went through a pantomime of “You go first,” “No, you go first,” until finally George lost his patience and steered Owen toward their makeshift ladder.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz