noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ growing
▪ slight
▪ barely concealed
▪ barely controlled
… OF IMPATIENCE
▪ hint , touch , trace
VERB + IMPATIENCE
▪ feel
▪
She felt a growing ~.
▪ sense
▪
Sensing her ~, I spoke quickly.
▪ express , show
▪
He was trying hard not to show his ~.
▪ contain , curb , restrain
▪
She was unable to contain her ~.
▪ conceal , hide , mask
IMPATIENCE + VERB
▪ grow
PREPOSITION
▪ with ~
▪
He stamped his feet as he waited with barely concealed ~ for the telephone.
▪ ~ at
▪
He expressed ~ at the slow rate of progress.
▪ ~ for
▪
his ~ for her to return
▪ ~ with
▪
~ with the slowness of change
PHRASES
▪ a gesture of ~ , a look of ~
▪
He shook his head in a gesture of ~.
▪ a sigh of ~
▪
He bit back a sigh of ~.
▪ signs of ~
▪
The children were beginning to show signs of ~.