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Examples of impatience in a Sentence
the child's impatience for Christmas morning is engaging
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The Biden-Trump consensus includes impatience with the Constitution.
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George F. Will, Washington Post, 14 June 2024
So the details of the upgrades that will be needed will be very sensitive to the impatience of EV drivers.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 24 Apr. 2024
The impatience with council meetings is not limited to bigoted remarks during the public comment period.
—David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2024
The two sides don’t undermine each other; there’s no easy answer to parental frustration or impatience or sense of loss, but there’s also no moment when the adult problems are given more weight or significance than the silly kid games.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 15 Apr. 2024
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George F. Will, Washington Post, 14 June 2024
So the details of the upgrades that will be needed will be very sensitive to the impatience of EV drivers.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 24 Apr. 2024
The impatience with council meetings is not limited to bigoted remarks during the public comment period.
—David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2024
The two sides don’t undermine each other; there’s no easy answer to parental frustration or impatience or sense of loss, but there’s also no moment when the adult problems are given more weight or significance than the silly kid games.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 15 Apr. 2024
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“Impatience.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/impatience. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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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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