Examples of impatience in a Sentence
the child's impatience for Christmas morning is engaging
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Maureen quotes this to Lilian, who doesn’t hide her impatience at its citation.
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Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 15 June 2025
When confronted with opposing perspectives, human instinct leans toward defensiveness or impatience.
—Dr. Shaheena Janjuha-Jivraj, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
Trump can oscillate between impatience with Putin, even threatening Russia with sanctions coordinated with Europe, and backtracking after Putin makes just a marginal counteroffer in bad faith.
—Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025
On Monday, Putin announced a three-day ceasefire for May, as Trump signaled a growing impatience with the Russian leader’s reluctance to agree to a deal to end the three-year war.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 28 Apr. 2025
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Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 15 June 2025
When confronted with opposing perspectives, human instinct leans toward defensiveness or impatience.
—Dr. Shaheena Janjuha-Jivraj, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
Trump can oscillate between impatience with Putin, even threatening Russia with sanctions coordinated with Europe, and backtracking after Putin makes just a marginal counteroffer in bad faith.
—Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025
On Monday, Putin announced a three-day ceasefire for May, as Trump signaled a growing impatience with the Russian leader’s reluctance to agree to a deal to end the three-year war.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 28 Apr. 2025
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“Impatience.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/impatience. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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impatience
noun
im·pa·tience
(ˈ)im-ˈpā-shən(t)s 
1
: lack of patience
2
: restless or eager desire
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