Adjective : an impetuous decision; an impetuous person. ,the impetuous winds. From Dictionary.com.
Was that an act of distraction or rabid impetuousness?. From Wordnik.com. [DeMint: Obama 'distracted' from protecting the country] Reference
BROWN: And any impetuousness here puts people at risk. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 23, 2003] Reference
That would be my protection against your impetuousness. From Wordnik.com. [The Price of the Phoenix]
She ignored the young one, dismissing its impetuousness. From Wordnik.com. [Wit'ch Storm]
"Where away?" cried Steve, with his customary impetuousness. From Wordnik.com. [Afloat on the Flood] Reference
Broll grimaced at the brief pain caused by his impetuousness. From Wordnik.com. [WORLD OF WARCRAFT STORMRAGE] Reference
This evening would not have happened without that same impetuousness. From Wordnik.com. [Electric Proms: Elton John and Leon Russell – review] Reference
She waited with a quiet smile, pleasuring in his unruly impetuousness. From Wordnik.com. [CHAPTER XXVI] Reference
For all my impetuousness I was at least able to bring my colleagues out alive. From Wordnik.com. [An Ordinary Soldier] Reference
I was used to Laura's impetuousness; so I only smiled and said, "Good morning.". From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 62, December, 1862] Reference
In a moment of impetuousness, I rushed to her and kissed both her shoes at once. From Wordnik.com. [Claiming Of Sleeping Beauty]
“Almost a week, in fact,” she said, then bit her tongue at her impetuousness. From Wordnik.com. [The Seduction Of Sara]
The opposite of poise would be recklessness, impetuousness in judgment and action. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Roth: In Praise of Poise] Reference
Fear and loneliness lead him to impetuousness and the discovery of a forbidden love. From Wordnik.com. [Neth Space] Reference
When the bags were empty he saved himself by his impetuousness and returned on bus #203. From Wordnik.com. [Corpus of a Siam Mosquito] Reference
But for the moment it is more difficult to resist anger, on account of its impetuousness. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
And his occasional impetuousness and flashes of temper only added to his commanding mystique. From Wordnik.com. [A Country of Vast Designs] Reference
In Hong Kong, the beehive of billionaires, the move won admiration for its bold impetuousness. From Wordnik.com. [Why Ted Gave It Away] Reference
I had watched over him like a cat, to save him from others 'stupidity and his own impetuousness. From Wordnik.com. [Read-Aloud Plays] Reference
I would have rushed on it with a boy's impetuousness, but he stopped me with a hand on the sleeve. From Wordnik.com. [John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn] Reference
LAMB: You say the two personal flaws that he had were impetuousness and proclivity for indiscretion. From Wordnik.com. [Benjamin Rush: Patriot and Physician] Reference
Metrodorus, that moist vapors heated by the sun are the cause of the impetuousness of violent winds. From Wordnik.com. [Essays and Miscellanies] Reference
Then, with the unreasoned impetuousness of a charging bull, he turned and flung shoreward down the pier. From Wordnik.com. [O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921] Reference
One would be in redress to discuss the impetuousness of GenY and not look to the tree the apples fall from. From Wordnik.com. [Can Gen Y handle the downturn?] Reference
My impetuousness–or carelessness–with words can probably be traced to my own frustrated efforts in that regard. From Wordnik.com. [enowning] Reference
I also like it that they are not afraid to show his vulnerabilities, his impetuousness, and even the cuts and bruises. From Wordnik.com. [November 2006] Reference
The impetuousness of his giant often resulted in difficulties which the young inventor would have been glad to escape. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive, or, Two Miles a Minute on the Rails] Reference
Some of Karara's old impetuousness returned as she tugged at them, urging them to their feet and drawing them with her. From Wordnik.com. [Key Out of Time] Reference
"Sunset Tree" is a ballad about the advantages of growing older, of love borne of wisdom rather than youthful impetuousness. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-03-01] Reference
Reply Obj. 2: This argument considers the inordinate movement of anger, that results from its impetuousness, as stated above. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
Reply Obj. 1: Chrysostom is alluding to the repulsiveness of the outward gestures which result from the impetuousness of anger. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
At nightfall a chill snapped down with the suddenness of the impetuousness Midi, and his evening meal was accordingly taken indoors. From Wordnik.com. [Swirling Waters] Reference
Intrigued, and perhaps faintly alarmed by this impetuousness, Eileen turned him down without absolutely discouraging a second attempt. From Wordnik.com. [Another piece of the puzzle] Reference
The cycle gets off to a slowish start; with a comparatively anonymous Rheingold and a Walkuere first act that needs more impetuousness. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-09-01] Reference
'No,' she said, with a quick impetuousness, 'no: I want my talk out. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Elsmere] Reference
Even Umar Akmal, despite his arrogance and impetuousness, is a world-class talent. From Wordnik.com. [The Times of India] Reference
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