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as in excitedly
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as in impetuously
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Recent Examples of impatiently
And there’s nothing more excruciating than sweating bullets while impatiently waiting for the machine to lock up, signaling the ice cream is ready to eat.
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Josh Miller, Southern Living, 31 May 2026
Both Donald and Si attended Syracuse University for a while but leaped impatiently into the family business well before graduation.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 29 May 2026
All four keep impatiently cutting each other off, snatching the phone back and forth.
—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 19 May 2026
Bum-seok listens impatiently to their second-hand accounts of tiger tracks being sighted in the mountains, leading them to assume the animal must have wandered all the way down from Siberia.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2026
Drivers have been patiently and impatiently waiting to race again.
—Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2026
With the husbands off for a golf outing, Julia and Jane (well attended to by Chimo’s martini-mixing maid Saunders) get decked out in their evening finest and wait impatiently at Julia’s luxe apartment (Jane lives upstairs) for the mystery man Maurice to arrive.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 19 Apr. 2026
His way of impatiently rebuffing Salome’s inappropriate advances is to give her singing lessons.
—Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026
Levine and Katz behave believably like brothers, impatiently sparring with each other.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 10 Mar. 2026
Josh Miller, Southern Living, 31 May 2026
Both Donald and Si attended Syracuse University for a while but leaped impatiently into the family business well before graduation.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 29 May 2026
All four keep impatiently cutting each other off, snatching the phone back and forth.
—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 19 May 2026
Bum-seok listens impatiently to their second-hand accounts of tiger tracks being sighted in the mountains, leading them to assume the animal must have wandered all the way down from Siberia.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2026
Drivers have been patiently and impatiently waiting to race again.
—Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2026
With the husbands off for a golf outing, Julia and Jane (well attended to by Chimo’s martini-mixing maid Saunders) get decked out in their evening finest and wait impatiently at Julia’s luxe apartment (Jane lives upstairs) for the mystery man Maurice to arrive.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 19 Apr. 2026
His way of impatiently rebuffing Salome’s inappropriate advances is to give her singing lessons.
—Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026
Levine and Katz behave believably like brothers, impatiently sparring with each other.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 10 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impatiently
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Not like my boyfriend’s family’s doorbell, with its complicated, seven-tone church melody that gives you spiritual chills and causes you to quiver excitedly.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 June 2026
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Cue to the adorable Scooby-Doo excitedly jumping into Shaggy’s (Tanner Hagen) arms.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
8 June 2026
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Moreover, Elliott does not act impetuously in its activism.—
Kenneth Squire,
CNBC,
6 Dec. 2025
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The second-seeded Rockets will be eagerly looking to avenge last year’s loss in the title game.—
Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
27 May 2026
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Just outside the room, Hadley eagerly licked it up.—
Laura Ungar,
Los Angeles Times,
26 May 2026
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And if Black passengers dared to pull the curtain aside, the dining car steward would hurriedly pull the curtain closed, or worse.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 May 2026
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The Spaniard left hurriedly, carrying a frown that owed to a sense of injustice.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
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The couple were deeply involved in literary circles, collected books avidly, read voraciously as well as penning various works.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 May 2026
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Yet years spent avidly collecting the pieces naturally left a mark in his approach.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
6 Feb. 2026
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When Saajan impulsively offers to join her, plans accelerate, leading to some of the most thrilling and heartbreaking moments the piece offers.—
David John Chávez,
Mercury News,
3 June 2026
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Leaders who can regulate themselves in difficult moments are easier to trust than those who react impulsively.—
Benjamin Laker,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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The forum’s opening panel featured Dugin and several other hard-liners, one of whom enthusiastically predicted that Russia would remain at war for the next two generations.—
Simon Shuster,
The Atlantic,
6 June 2026
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At that time, the Bears responded enthusiastically to Indiana’s gambit.—
Robert McCoppin,
Chicago Tribune,
5 June 2026
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The wild pursuit unfolded Sunday when state police received reports about a car driven recklessly on Interstate 10 in Jefferson Parish, which is just west of New Orleans, state police said.—
Dennis Romero,
NBC news,
9 June 2026
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His wife, Angelina Renee Jimenez, pleaded guilty to three misdemeanors of recklessly causing fire to property of another and was sentenced to one year of summary probation and community service, prosecutors said.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
9 June 2026
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“Impatiently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impatiently. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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