lose patience

phrase

: to become annoyed or upset about having to wait for something

Those people have been here for hours, and they're starting to lose patience.

—often + with

The team continues to play poorly, and many fans are starting to lose patience with them.

Examples of lose patience in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Without one, escalation will compound, hardliners will be empowered, mediators will lose patience, and every future concession will get politically harder for both governments to make. — Sanam Vakil, Time, 16 July 2026

The wait times have ballooned, many growing to double-digit hours that have seen people miss flights and lose patience. — Greg Engle, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2026

If the novel stayed in that lecturing, gloomy zone, it’d be easy to lose patience with it. — Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2026

Ironically, cracks in the economy have helped drive stocks higher, because the underperforming job market forced the wait-and-see Federal Reserve to lose patience and start its recent rate-cutting campaign. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025

Rhymes for lose patience

• impatience