repeat patiently
Frequency: 5.86.5 per million words
to say something again without showing frustration or annoyance.
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Examples (10)
- The teacher repeated the instructions patiently for the third time.
- "I've already explained that," she repeated patiently.
- He repeated the complex procedure patiently until I mastered it.
- When asked for more money, the father repeated patiently that they couldn't afford it.
- The customer service agent repeated the return policy patiently to the angry caller.
- She repeated the name of the street patiently so I could write it down.
- The coach repeated the strategy patiently during the timeout.
- "It's going to be okay," he repeated patiently to the child.
- The witness repeated her testimony patiently under cross-examination.
- I had to repeat my request patiently because of the bad connection.