as in enthusiasm
urgent desire or interest
the child's impatience for Christmas morning is engaging
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Recent Examples of impatience
As frustrations mount and impatience grows, some experts say the state is simply doing its due diligence to ensure every voter's voice is heard.
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Austin Turner,
CBS News,
4 June 2026
The training in patience that people used to get from thorough research and investigation is being replaced by a growing sense of impatience with thinking that takes time and effort.
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Christian B. Miller,
The Conversation,
4 June 2026
The Senate advanced a similar resolution last month on a procedural vote, reflecting growing impatience with a war Congress hasn’t authorized.
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Theodoric Meyer,
Washington Post,
3 June 2026
Field has also been directed to bark her lines, as though impatience was an essential component of old age.
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Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
30 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for impatience
Austin Turner,
CBS News,
4 June 2026
The training in patience that people used to get from thorough research and investigation is being replaced by a growing sense of impatience with thinking that takes time and effort.
—
Christian B. Miller,
The Conversation,
4 June 2026
The Senate advanced a similar resolution last month on a procedural vote, reflecting growing impatience with a war Congress hasn’t authorized.
—
Theodoric Meyer,
Washington Post,
3 June 2026
Field has also been directed to bark her lines, as though impatience was an essential component of old age.
—
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
30 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for impatience
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impatience
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More than one million workers participate, but enthusiasm fades during the Great Depression, signaling that such ownership is fragile without worker protections.
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And when the winning starts, the enthusiasm can leap at record speed.
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Passionate about all things food and beverage, newness in flavor and technique quench my thirst for information, but so does learning about the people and places behind these movements.
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His thirst would be sated in the second half.
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The three previous World Cup matches in Arlington have brought the excitement, as fans have left with memorable moments from each contest.
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The latest excitement at the nest was the birth of Sandy and Luna, and their rapid growth after hatching nearly two months ago.
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The state also ranks fourth in the nation for childhood poverty and hunger, according to Katie Ruth Camp, the organization's vice president of marketing and public relations.
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Feeling comfortably full may help prevent waking up from hunger in the middle of the night.
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On the other side of the supply-and-demand scale, consumers’ appetite for oil fell substantially more over the past few months than just about anyone predicted.
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Councilmember Ken Houston has dropped a November ballot measure seeking to strip the Oakland Police Commission’s ability to fire and help hire the chief — legislation that would have tested voter appetite for scaling back the commission’s responsibilities.
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“Impatience.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impatience. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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