shake impatiently
Frequency: 6.57.1 per million words
to shake one's head or a part of the body impatiently
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Examples (10)
- He began to shake his head impatiently, clearly annoyed by the delay.
- The child would shake her leg impatiently whenever she had to wait.
- She watched the clock, starting to shake her foot impatiently.
- Don't shake your head impatiently; it's rude to your elders.
- We saw him shake his fist impatiently at the slow-moving traffic.
- The speaker shook his head impatiently at the constant interruptions.
- He began to shake his hands impatiently, wanting to get started.
- A slight shake of the head impatiently was all the response he gave.
- She couldn't help but shake her foot impatiently under the table.
- The teacher shook her head impatiently as the students continued to talk.