require patience
Frequency: 7.010.1 per million words
similar to 'need patience', often used in more formal contexts
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Examples (10)
- Above all, fishing requires great patience.
- Learning a new language requires a lot of patience and dedication.
- Dealing with difficult customers requires infinite patience.
- This delicate scientific procedure requires extreme patience.
- Growing a garden from seeds requires considerable patience.
- Negotiating a complex treaty requires much patience on both sides.
- Restoring an antique car is a task that requires immense patience.
- The slow recovery process will require a great deal of patience from the patient.
- Mastering the violin requires both talent and patience.
- Such complex problem-solving usually requires more patience than brilliance.