impatience

Example Sentences

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A spouse who refuses to empty the dishwasher while you are making the children’s lunches can be treated with measured impatience.

From Washington Post

The country’s economic shortfalls, which have bred fierce competition even for the lowest-level jobs and stoked impatience among an aspirational Indian middle class, bring the risk of instability as dreams and realities diverge.

From New York Times

Tall and standing apart from the crowd — unable to keep herself from repeatedly glancing up at the fidgeting kids across the room — she was doing her best to conceal her impatience.

From Salon

Still, there is impatience and skepticism from some places most vulnerable to climate change, where residents have been fighting for a cleaner environment on a shoestring budget.

From Washington Times

They often treat the cast members with gruff impatience, and you get the feeling the pair have heard and seen it all.

From New York Times