impatience
Example Sentences
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For his exceptionally rapid ascent, Mr. Hoyos credits Scipio’s ready access to funds as well as “self-confidence—not far off arrogance—and impatience with inconvenient convention.”
They were stand-ins for mid-1940s moviegoers; more to the point, mirrors, reflecting the full range of audience reactions—love, respect, bewilderment, compassion, impatience, contempt—to the battered men recently restored to their midst.
On the other hand, she expressed impatience with persistent inflation, noting that prices already rose nearly at the Fed’s annual target rate between January and August alone.
Washington promptly sanctioned Russia's two biggest oil companies – a sign, perhaps, of growing impatience with Putin.
From BBC
Guests lit up with childish excitement and impatience.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
