patient
Example Sentences
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The good news is that Boston sports fans are a famously patient tribe, and always take the long view.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026
"The doctor told us to be patient, there are many whose condition is worse than my sister-in-law’s," she said.
From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026
Written as a rap diss track, but aimed at cancer, it features vocals from a young patient living with the disease.
From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026
Most of the time, they happily forwarded me, an annoying patient, on to the person in charge.
From Slate • Apr. 25, 2026
All the seal-oil lamps were lit, making the hut as bright as possible, and the patient was laid on an operating table of packing crates.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
Vocabulary lists containing patient
"Macbeth" Vocabulary from Act V
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"A Noiseless Patient Spider" by Walt Whitman
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