impatience
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And I also appreciate users’ impatience with glass-cockpit style environments and the numb tapping required for the most routine adjustment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
As their impatience grows, the window for Odysseus to reclaim his kingdom and restore a crumbling world to Zeus’ law — essentially open-hearted hospitality and treating others as you’d be treated — is closing.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
"They're always here," he said of the protesters, with some impatience.
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
The two-day conference bypasses the United Nations climate talks and reflects a growing impatience with its failure to tackle fossil fuels, the main driver of global warming.
From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026
At the time there may have been no precise form of words; in fact, she may have experienced nothing more than impatience to begin writing again.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
Vocabulary lists containing impatience
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