try one's patience
Example Sentences
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A 6-year-old can show tremendous patience, empathy and consideration for others, but don’t confuse that with full maturity.
From Washington Post • May 18, 2022
Edmonton went up 4-3 with 5:31 left in the third period as Draisaitl showed tremendous patience in waiting for Markstrom to go down before putting the puck in the net.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 22, 2022
It took tremendous patience and coaxing by Andrew Bolton, the Costume Institute’s curator-in-charge, to persuade the Vatican bureaucracy to lend pieces from its collection to the Met.
From Washington Post • May 16, 2018
You have to have tremendous patience to do the job.
From Slate • May 5, 2015
His method requires tremendous patience, but on numerous occasions he�s been able to get within yards of unsuspecting deer.
From Time Magazine Archive
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