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    impetuous


    1. In its impetuous


    2. Had the impetuous Latins waited in their position, they could have swept off the exhausted Americans as they gained the summit, and the victory evolved from the egregious blunder of July 1st might have had a different sequel


    3. Young Manfred started off as a bold and impetuous cavalry officer


    4. - And then he has an impetuous temper, Ebira added


    5. Again, as if to underline Peter’s inclination to be impetuous, read the text in Matthew


    6. He had heard that Ferrante was rather impetuous and fancied himself a military leader of some merit


    7. his impetuous entry into this netherworld had cost him


    8. “So I will thank you to set me down, you great impetuous youth!”


    9. Seeing this, as he walked in the opposite direction, Buey Dan shook his head imperceptibly thinking, with a measure of intrusive sorrow that was not consistent with party lines, that he would have to send this young man to a VC line unit; he was too impetuous to work under cover in Saigon


    10. She's too impetuous

    11. Impetuous, to take advantage of this amazing ability, Beatrice had required the instantaneous dressmaking of three exclusive models to select between them the one that better suited her ways and forms


    12. James was able to understand a wide range of human nature; he got along well with the versatile Andrew, the impetuous Peter, and his self-contained brother John


    13. As it began to dawn on Simon Peter that there was attached to this proposed enactment of service some signification that determined one's future connection with the Master's work, he not only became reconciled to the thought of allowing Jesus to wash his feet but, in his characteristic and impetuous manner, said: "Then, Master, wash not my feet only but also my hands and my head


    14. " Peter was ever a man of thoughtless action and impetuous devotion; so when John whispered this in his ear, he quickly arose and cast himself into the water that he might the sooner reach the Master's side


    15. Mimi had become difficult to handle, a spirited and impetuous teenager almost to the point of recklessness


    16. Never before in all his life had he felt such a dire and impetuous need to paint in order to impress a solitary sole, but he could not deny that every aspect of the painting was for Selene, and for her only


    17. He greatly missed the crazy, gutsy, impetuous killer of buffalo and of loneliness


    18. impetuous, they knew they could always turn to their older brother for


    19. the failing rancher’s arrogance and impetuous stupidity would be his


    20. His guards, accustomed to his impetuous character, knew better than argue with him and reluctantly stayed behind while Beaudouin walked out of his castle, which was in reality only a stone keep surrounded by a perimeter wall with a single gate

    21. There was an impetuous knock at the door so he


    22. Forced to lie about their parents’ bad habits and impetuous


    23. But now, it is a struggle not to be impetuous


    24. When Ulysses goes through the strait where Charybdis is found, he can defend himself from the impetuous vortex by grabbing on to the branches of a fig tree


    25. 'Few are so impetuous


    26. Dolly's--well, Dolly's was impetuous


    27. When his boy, who was also his youngest child, came of age, he himself, if still alive, would be over ninety--an age for chimney-corners and a stick, rather than for guiding a possibly impetuous young man by precept and example


    28. "And I'm certain still does," said George; though was he certain? That apathetic figure on the seat in Battersea Park, rousing only at a sudden noise or movement behind him; that patient, unarguing listener to his impetuous proposals; that obedient follower wherever he led, even if it were into Fanny's own house; could such a positive emotion as love still be expected of him? And agonizing love, too


    29. It might have amused somebody else,--the Grand Duke, for instance, if he could have watched her now (from, say, a Gothic window, himself dry and fed and taken care of), being punished so naturally and inevitably by the weapons Providence never allows to rust, those weapons that save parents and guardians so much personal exertion if only they will let things take their course, those sharp, swift consequences that attend the actions of the impetuous


    30. He’d made a solid reputation out of being impetuous and rash, which made him hard to deal with, and an ineffective leader

    31. Either way, she was glad to have the impetuous Thorn with them, because all things considered, Liam had bravery and some skill with his showy red swords


    32. That impetuous young man had come and taken dear Julianne from them, certainly exposing her to untold dangers


    33. The child provided them with the impetuous to keep


    34. Rather than having to carry upon our shoulders the horrendous burden of the depressing story of Adam and Eve’s ‘roller coaster’ behaviour from perfection to imperfection, from hero to zero, and the subsequent predicament of life riddled with pain as a just consequence for such ‘inhuman’ impetuous and instinctive behaviour


    35. Joseph paid the fine, but it was a talk with Joseph’s father that put the judge’s mind at ease and set the impetuous young man free


    36. On the other hand, Paul was ambitious, greedy, and impetuous to


    37. ” I whispered out softly as I drifted off to sleep under the impetuous of the rhythmic surge forward followed by a slight lull before surging forward again


    38. His streaming white hair, his remarkable face, and the impetuous confidence of his manner, as he put the weapons aside like water, carried him in an instant to the heart of the concourse at the stone


    39. Eats not the flats with more impetuous haste


    40. "No, you didn't, you knew perfectly well I never cared for anyone but Jo," Laurie said that in his old, impetuous tone, and turned his face away as he spoke

    41. Of course, she was the first to speak--intelligibly, I mean, for the emotional remarks which followed her impetuous "Oh, yes!" were not of a coherent or reportable character


    42. Elinor encouraged her as much as possible to talk of what she felt; and before breakfast was ready, they had gone through the subject again and again; and with the same steady conviction and affectionate counsel on Elinor's side, the same impetuous feelings and varying opinions on Marianne's, as before


    43. Her narration was clear and simple; and though it could not be given without emotion, it was not accompanied by violent agitation, nor impetuous grief


    44. passion too impetuous for me to resist, and, I did what I did, because I


    45. this devilish thing, with its impetuous girds and itching fires, led me such


    46. myself the satisfaction of my impetuous curiosity and longings for this


    47. that they redoubled the impetuous rage with, which, he covered her with


    48. Encouraged by this slight advantage, the impetuous young man continued his onset, and sprang upon his enemy with naked hands


    49. Teresa alone ruled by a look, a word, a gesture, this impetuous character, which yielded beneath the hand of a woman, and which beneath the hand of a man might have broken, but could never have been bended


    50. For near half an hour, not a syllable was uttered, or scarcely a look cast aside; a grave and meditative silence being the ordinary succession to every scene of violence and commotion among these beings, who were alike so impetuous and yet so self-restrained




























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    Synonyms for "impetuous"

    brainish hotheaded impetuous impulsive madcap tearaway hasty headlong uncontrolled rash unreasonable irrational undiscerning

    "impetuous" definitions

    characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation


    marked by violent force