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.
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Many of us are itchy and impatient to return to the desert.
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Jim Dobson,
Forbes,
2 Aug. 2022
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They were stir-crazy and impatient for the dance floor.
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Lucy McKeon,
New York Times,
3 June 2024
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The dentist, young and in a rush, was rough and impatient.
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Medhat Zaki,
Forbes,
20 Sep. 2024
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David Lowry was impatient for the very old seeds to wake up.
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Cara Giaimo New York,
Star Tribune,
5 June 2021
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The males present are impatient with the queen’s wait-and-see approach, but Rhaenys backs her.
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Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
30 June 2024
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Do not get impatient when waiting for those dots to dry, by the way.
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Allure,
25 Feb. 2022
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There might be a line to check in, to the annoyance of some more impatient patrons.
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Lucas Kwan Peterson,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2023
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As the visit dragged on, Huy began to grow tired and impatient with having them in the house.
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Steve Helling,
Peoplemag,
16 Jan. 2023
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At the bottom the bus snorted out a cloud of impatient exhaust.
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Cynthia Ozick,
Harper's Magazine,
10 Apr. 2023
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But some in the crowd were impatient with the rescue efforts and tried to take part in it themselves.
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New York Times,
2 Nov. 2021
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But customers are impatient for a return to the quick, cheap rides.
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New York Times,
30 May 2021
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Dewy children close in around me on all sides, impatient for their turn at the mirror.
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Heather Havrilesky,
New York Times,
12 May 2023
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But, after 20 years of war, Biden was too impatient for that.
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Clarence Page,
chicagotribune.com,
17 Aug. 2021
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And a crush of eager, sometimes impatient, diners is adding to the strain.
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New York Times,
7 Aug. 2021
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Ellen pokes her head out from behind a door as her friends grow impatient.
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Scottie Andrew,
CNN,
6 Oct. 2024
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It’s people like Roof who’ve grown impatient waiting for the war.
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Deneen L. Brown,
Washington Post,
26 Sep. 2022
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My sweaty husband grumbles at me for being too impatient to dig our bike stand out of the garage.
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Adrienne So,
Wired,
14 Sep. 2021
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What is the proper response to these rude and impatient co-workers?
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Nicholas Ivor Martin and Jacobina Martin,
oregonlive,
26 July 2023
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His zeal for hitting has led him to be impatient and undisciplined at the plate at times.
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Abraham Nudelstejer,
Dallas News,
12 Apr. 2023
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Ozzie is gay and impatient with the world for not being as accepting as his friends.
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Joe Otterson,
Variety,
3 Feb. 2022
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Since Aries tends to be impatient, an Aries Moon may be prone to knee-jerk reactions.
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Women's Health,
12 May 2023
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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.
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Paul Cappiello,
The Courier-Journal,
3 Mar. 2023
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But Biden’s Left flank is growing impatient with that stance.
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Philip Elliott,
Time,
21 May 2021
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No one could blame the hip-hop prodigy for being impatient.
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Peter Debruge,
Variety,
1 Oct. 2024
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The Cypriot sun is impatient, a woman undressed who can’t spare the time to dress, so light like a vitrine holds even a storm.
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Elisa Gonzalez,
The New Yorker,
2 Aug. 2021
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His downfall is often the same as his play-caller, Ryan Day, in that both can, at times, get impatient and force things down the field.
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Stephen Means,
cleveland,
25 Nov. 2022
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Today, his berths are full and four of the ships loitering in San Pedro Bay are impatient for a spot.
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David J. Lynch,
Anchorage Daily News,
3 Oct. 2021
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