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impatient of in American English not willing to bear or tolerate See full dictionary entry for impatient Examples of 'impatient of' in a sentenceimpatient of She had been impatient of her father’s monopoly of her!They became increasingly doctrinaire and impatient of dissent.But the mood can change swiftly at this most impatient of clubs.He believes in the primacy of humans and is impatient of charges of 'speciesism'.Most, however, were impatient of all such equivocations.His hot temper left him impatient of anyone, even fellow unionists, who doubted his good intentions.Where are those great missions in whose cause big men grow impatient of the proprieties?Remembering how sufferers feel should stop those around them from being impatient of their sneezing fits.They are impatient of all restraint.One of their defining characteristics is that they are entirely impatient of men, or have nothing to do with them. |