It took less than two days for the assignment to gnaw at Scott's patience.

She enjoyed the sensation of danger for a second, a subtle pleasure, then sighed at his boulder-solid patience.

Nothing keeps me at such times but my mother and God's patience.

The younger man marveled at the man's patience.

She felt an unreasonable anger at Wolfnose's calm patience.

Many times she'd watched him with his cousins and marveled at his patience with small children.

We marveled at his patience and sweet talk, which transformed the horse into a leader by the end of the day.

I marveled at their patience in sitting out game after game on the bench.

What labour you must be undergoing now; I have wondered at your patience in having written to me two such long notes.

A growing restlessness ate at her patience and urged her forward.