Only his own Social Democrats never felt comfortable with his cool, sharp realism, his impatience with socialist shibboleths, and, above all, his acceptance of nuclear weapons.
London's buildings speak of sharp elbows and impatience, while the unchanging shoreline of the Seine signals no such surrender to time's advance.
Impatience and sharp elbows run in the genes, it seems.
Mr. Emanuel, who is known for his sharp tongue and his impatience with questions he does not care for, mainly offered controlled, quiet (sometimes barely audible) responses.
But my sharp tone, betraying my own impatience, made her cry.
A man remembered by friends for both his impatience and his sharp sense of humor, he kept in form by rising early and walking frequently.
"Markets have a very short impatience threshold".
Showing growing impatience with the rejection, Suleiman issued a sharp warning that raised the prospect of a renewed crackdown.
Gary was blond, sharp-featured and 22, and had an air of impatience.
Akinola betrayed a hint of impatience with the American conservatives when he said, in his sharp, clipped tones, "Many of you have one leg in ECUSA and one leg in the network.
