try the patience of
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Such is the story of the international composing collective known as Wandelweiser, many of whose creations are so austere that they try the patience of even hardcore vanguardists.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 20, 2018
By rights, such a combination should try the patience of any grown-up.
From New York Times • Jul. 25, 2016
Jacob Weisberg: I fear we'd try the patience of audience and hosts.
From Slate • Jan. 29, 2014
AB InBev continues to make changes to hallowed brands and try the patience of traditionalists with inventions like Michelob Ultra Dragon Fruit Peach.
From BusinessWeek • Oct. 26, 2012
When I looked every morrow for news from Bretagne, bidding me most likely thither, to trot over half England for an old dame’s diversion were enough to try the patience of any knight on earth!
From The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century by Rainey, W. (William)