Examples of impatience in a Sentence
the child's impatience for Christmas morning is engaging
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Venus in Cancer wants tenderness, but the influence of Aries triggers impatience and a yearning for faster results.
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Valerie Mesa, People.com, 1 Aug. 2025
Compound Earnings Understanding how compounding works may encourage you to keep your impatience in check.
—Catherine Brock, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
In more and more cases, doctors are able to accommodate patients’ impatience.
—Ingrid Schmidt, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2025
Indeed, its impatience with principles of accommodation have opened new fissures.
—Yamini Aiyar, Foreign Affairs, 23 July 2025
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Valerie Mesa, People.com, 1 Aug. 2025
Compound Earnings Understanding how compounding works may encourage you to keep your impatience in check.
—Catherine Brock, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
In more and more cases, doctors are able to accommodate patients’ impatience.
—Ingrid Schmidt, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2025
Indeed, its impatience with principles of accommodation have opened new fissures.
—Yamini Aiyar, Foreign Affairs, 23 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for impatience
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“Impatience.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/impatience. Accessed 6 Aug. 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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