Impatiently

Examples

• Perdita listened to me impatiently, and answered with some asperity:--Do you think that any of your arguments are new to me? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• One would think we were going into danger, the way you talk, said Roylands impatiently, instead of a pleasant cruise in Greek waters. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• She lifted her hand impatiently, and stopped me. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• And he whistled, looked impatiently round, and seemed to feel a great want of something. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Mr. Grant Munro pushed impatiently forward, however, and we stumbled after him as best we could. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• It is time lost, muttered Cedric apart and impatiently, to speak to him of aught else but that which concerns his appetite! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Everything,' returned Lightwood impatiently, 'seems, by a fatality, to bring us round to Lizzie. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• But it took off her thoughts from too impatiently dwelling upon her desire to have all explained to Mr. Thornton. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• If it was Charley, or the Dodger, or Bet, or--' 'I don't care who,' replied Sikes impatiently. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• The younger brother impatiently rejoined, 'With twelve o'clock? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• He worked hard--impatiently--as if in some sense of having been interrupted. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• The evening was fast closing in; and from time to time, he turned the whites of his eyes restlessly and impatiently towards his father. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• He frowned impatiently. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• And she held out her hand impatiently for the wet book, to have done with the scene. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• I beg you will, general, answered I, impatiently. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Yes, yes; the terms, in every sense, are tempting enough, I replied impatiently. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Yes, yes, we know,' said Mr. Pickwick impatiently. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• He was looking impatiently at Madame Fosco, who showed no signs of leaving the room with me. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Well, I asked impatiently, is not Mrs. Reed a hard-hearted, bad woman? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• He laid down his book and stood up impatiently; and at once she raised her head. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Biddy, I exclaimed, impatiently, I am not at all happy as I am. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• There was no answer, and Mrs. Mingott rapped impatiently with her stick on the shiny floor. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Yes, yes, cried the Duke, impatiently. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• A hopeful auxiliary, said Fitzurse impatiently; playing the fool in the very moment of utter necessity. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• The mere suspicion that the thought was in her mind made him feel harshly and impatiently toward her. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• May be so, sir, may be so, returned the other, taking Tom upon his knee and waving him off impatiently. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I tell you I won't say a word about any one or anything, said Crispin impatiently. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• As I hurried to the stairs I heard him call impatiently to the Count to come out of the library. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• My dear Roylands, said Crispin impatiently, Caliphronas and his past life is becoming quite a mania with you. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Oh, yes,' said Sam, impatiently. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.

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