Example Sentences

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Impatiently, he reflected that his life didn’t make sense to him, a feeling that had gnawed at him for a long while.

From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2018

Impatiently, she summons council members to an emergency meeting in another room while outside the thudding party music measures the ominous heartbeat of a race against time.

From New York Times • Sep. 15, 2015

Impatiently, he tells her he knows that she'll be physically fine: "You're not a baby in a hot car."

From Time • Jul. 21, 2011

Impatiently sidestepping the question of fraternization, he dusted off the Army's catch-all phrase: "prejudicial to good order and military discipline."

From Time Magazine Archive

Impatiently, as if he were suddenly in a hurry to hide the man from Meggie, he led his visitor across the hall.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke