Collocations for impatience - noun

growing, mounting | slight | barely concealed/controlled

hint, note, touch

feel
She felt a growing impatience.

express, show
He was trying hard not to show his impatience.

contain, control, curb, restrain
unable to contain her impatience

conceal, hide

grow

with ~
He stamped his feet as he waited with barely concealed impatience for the telephone.

~ at
He expressed impatience at the slow rate of progress.

~ for
his impatience for her to return

~ with
impatience with the slowness of change

a gesture of impatience
He shook his head in a gesture of impatience.

a sigh of impatience
He bit back a sigh of impatience.

signs of impatience
The children were beginning to show signs of impatience.