impatient
Example Sentences
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When Laura insists on returning to Berlin, the impatient, irritated boyfriend reluctantly agrees to drive her back to the train station.
From Los Angeles Times
He made an impatient gesture; obviously this minor matter had interrupted a busy day.
From Literature
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In the end we would often become impatient with him, and just tell him it was ‘for a blue reason.’
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There was the safety dummy that was misappropriated by impatient commuters.
From Los Angeles Times
Unlike Torak, who’d been nervous about performing so important a rite, Wolf had seemed unimpressed: merely impatient for it to be over.
From Literature
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