Used in a Sentence

impatience

How to use impatience in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for impatience.

Editorial note

I don't fidget or roll my eyes, or indicate impatience.

Examples8
Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

a lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of impatience gathered in one view.

noun

a lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay

noun

a restless desire for change and excitement

noun

a dislike of anything that causes delay

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for impatience.

noun

a lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay

noun

a restless desire for change and excitement

noun

a dislike of anything that causes delay

Example sentences

1

I don't fidget or roll my eyes, or indicate impatience.

2

Every time I read about 37signals and how they work I get a wave of jealousy and impatience.

3

I just hope that you can imagine the situation that other travelers are in so you don't hurt someone in impatience.

4

And I'm not sure I completely agree with your analysis but I doubt that you would have got the downvotes if you had used the word impatience.

5

Larry Wall once reputedly said: "The three attributes of a programmer are; impatience, laziness and hubris".

6

It creates an atmosphere of scorn toward big ideas and impatience with moral and intellectual reflection, with lasting consequences on the life-choices people make.

7

Or would that all be well optimized at manipulating you through a combination of impatience, greed, and misery to hand over real cash to keep going?After thinking about it more, this model is just in its own little boom cycle, and it will go bust too. I've played some of the top grossing in-app purchase games on iOS and they are down right aweful.

8

No credit to Greenwald for actually breaking this story?I understand your impatience with Greenwald's prose style and all, but aren't you moving yourself another layer of filtering away from the real story if you won't read Greenwald at all?Don't know about you, but I'm trusting that filtering quality less and less, so even if I think Greenwald is being hyperbolic sometimes, I'm still going to read him on anything relevant to Snowden.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use impatience in a sentence?

I don't fidget or roll my eyes, or indicate impatience.

What does impatience mean?

a lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay

What part of speech is impatience?

impatience is commonly used as noun.