Examples of impatience in a Sentence
the child's impatience for Christmas morning is engaging
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Today’s Full Moon can create divisiveness or irritation, certainly impatience.
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Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 4 Dec. 2025
The fans’ impatience most likely stretches far beyond only what happened Sunday, however, as the Steelers have not won a playoff game since 2016, and this year’s team has hardly resembled of late one that could break that streak.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 1 Dec. 2025
There are grunts of impatience, especially when a goalkeeper — United’s or an opponent’s — holds onto the ball for too long.
—Andy Mitten, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2025
In 2020, the emergence of the #BackOffIndia social media campaign reflected a growing impatience among young Nepalis with New Delhi’s overbearing influence and supposed sympathies for the royalist camp within Nepali politics.
—Muhib Rahman, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2025
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Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 4 Dec. 2025
The fans’ impatience most likely stretches far beyond only what happened Sunday, however, as the Steelers have not won a playoff game since 2016, and this year’s team has hardly resembled of late one that could break that streak.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 1 Dec. 2025
There are grunts of impatience, especially when a goalkeeper — United’s or an opponent’s — holds onto the ball for too long.
—Andy Mitten, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2025
In 2020, the emergence of the #BackOffIndia social media campaign reflected a growing impatience among young Nepalis with New Delhi’s overbearing influence and supposed sympathies for the royalist camp within Nepali politics.
—Muhib Rahman, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2025
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“Impatience.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/impatience. Accessed 8 Dec. 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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