impetuous
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"When you come on and your team is losing it gives you that extra impetuous to try and change it."
From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026
"I am not an impetuous person. I think things through. I have the serenity not to lose it under tension and under pressure. I consult. I hear. And I am brave. I take risks."
From Barron's • Feb. 28, 2026
Even here, though, “Resurrection” drills down into something unbearably moving, turning the century’s end into an apocalyptic occurrence, the future perilously uncertain for these impetuous lovers.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2025
Dutiful Meg paradoxically longs for leisure and fashionable clothes; impetuous Jo yearns for literary fame; shy, music-loving Beth wishes only for everyone to be happy; artistic Amy craves admiration and status.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025
As I think about my impetuous brother, I can imagine him being that young man who made a run for the forest, doing everything he possibly could to try to survive.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
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