How to Use impatient in a Sentence

impatient

adjective

• She was impatient to leave.
• Customers have grown impatient with the repeated delays.
• After months of delays, customers are becoming impatient.
• Many of us are itchy and impatient to return to the desert.
  — Jim Dobson, Forbes, 2 Aug. 2022
• They were stir-crazy and impatient for the dance floor.
  — Lucy McKeon, New York Times, 3 June 2024
• The dentist, young and in a rush, was rough and impatient.
  — Medhat Zaki, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
• David Lowry was impatient for the very old seeds to wake up.
  — Cara Giaimo New York, Star Tribune, 5 June 2021
• The males present are impatient with the queen’s wait-and-see approach, but Rhaenys backs her.
  — Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 30 June 2024
• Do not get impatient when waiting for those dots to dry, by the way.
  — Allure, 25 Feb. 2022
• There might be a line to check in, to the annoyance of some more impatient patrons.
  — Lucas Kwan Peterson, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2023
• The crowd was growing impatient as Crystal Holmes fumbled with the keys to the store.
  — Michael Corkery, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2020
• As the visit dragged on, Huy began to grow tired and impatient with having them in the house.
  — Steve Helling, Peoplemag, 16 Jan. 2023
• At the bottom the bus snorted out a cloud of impatient exhaust.
  — Cynthia Ozick, Harper's Magazine, 10 Apr. 2023
• But some in the crowd were impatient with the rescue efforts and tried to take part in it themselves.
  — New York Times, 2 Nov. 2021
• Gun control groups have grown impatient, telling the White House that now is the time for action.
  — Katherine Doyle, Washington Examiner, 15 Feb. 2021
• But customers are impatient for a return to the quick, cheap rides.
  — New York Times, 30 May 2021
• For instance, the paw-print tracks of impatient pups run across a paved bit of the Gaineses’ driveway.
  — Charlotte Collins, Architectural Digest, 26 Nov. 2024
• Dewy children close in around me on all sides, impatient for their turn at the mirror.
  — Heather Havrilesky, New York Times, 12 May 2023
• But, after 20 years of war, Biden was too impatient for that.
  — Clarence Page, chicagotribune.com, 17 Aug. 2021
• And a crush of eager, sometimes impatient, diners is adding to the strain.
  — New York Times, 7 Aug. 2021
• Ellen pokes her head out from behind a door as her friends grow impatient.
  — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 6 Oct. 2024
• It’s people like Roof who’ve grown impatient waiting for the war.
  — Deneen L. Brown, Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2022
• As the slow agony of guilt chews its way through him, Justin’s world remains largely placid, if impatient.
  — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
• My sweaty husband grumbles at me for being too impatient to dig our bike stand out of the garage.
  — Adrienne So, Wired, 14 Sep. 2021
• What is the proper response to these rude and impatient co-workers?
  — Nicholas Ivor Martin and Jacobina Martin, oregonlive, 26 July 2023
• His zeal for hitting has led him to be impatient and undisciplined at the plate at times.
  — Abraham Nudelstejer, Dallas News, 12 Apr. 2023
• Ozzie is gay and impatient with the world for not being as accepting as his friends.
  — Joe Otterson, Variety, 3 Feb. 2022
• Since Aries tends to be impatient, an Aries Moon may be prone to knee-jerk reactions.
  — Women's Health, 12 May 2023
• So here is a list of a few things that can feed your impatient gardener gene and set up your garden for a great 2023.
  — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 3 Mar. 2023
• But Biden’s Left flank is growing impatient with that stance.
  — Philip Elliott, Time, 21 May 2021

Last Updated: 16 Jan 2025