How to Use impetuous in a Sentence

impetuous

adjective
  • He's always been an impetuous young man.
  • Some members of your household might be in the mood for impetuous fun.
    — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 18 Oct. 2020
  • And like an impetuous first-time driver, Bam might have overstepped his bounds.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Be on your guard about impetuous spending sprees and salespeople who try to persuade you.
    — oregonlive, 26 June 2020
  • This is not the first time Musk has had to back-track an impetuous business decision.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 13 May 2024
  • Williams was an impetuous teenager; his parents bought him a mountain bike to try to keep him out of trouble.
    — Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2022
  • Instead, its actions have been impetuous and its rewards far from assured.
    — Ali Vaez, Foreign Affairs, 25 Jan. 2024
  • As its impetuous behavior makes clear, the group thinks and acts exclusively in the short term.
    — Ali Soufan, Newsweek, 19 June 2017
  • Others decided, in a more impetuous fashion, to go all-in on this season.
    — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 1 June 2020
  • Coaches and teammates loved his spunk and come-at-me demeanor, but that impetuous nature often caused more harm than good.
    — Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 14 Mar. 2018
  • The music sweeps us up in the queasy thrill of revolt, but also in the heat and momentum of an impetuous romance.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
  • At work, his firings were almost as impetuous as his hirings, and his employees describe him as an ogre and a tyrant.
    — Anthony Lan, The New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2021
  • But the court is also where the impetuous teen gets into a tiff with a local gangster, with whom Will ends up in jail overnight.
    — Washington Post, 12 Feb. 2022
  • These eager young players were at their impetuous best during the frenetic episodes of the last movement.
    — Anthony Tommasini, New York Times, 23 July 2017
  • Bruno is a youthful and impetuous man with a salesman’s bluster and a high-end decorator’s taste.
    — Bob Morris, Town & Country, 20 Oct. 2017
  • The baron was an old man and barely able to defend himself against the young and impetuous Guise, who killed the baron with a single thrust.
    — National Geographic, 19 Aug. 2020
  • Maradona was the platonic ideal of a pibe, all virtuoso skill and impetuous cunning.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2020
  • And, by all accounts, his impetuous pardon of Cuellar may backfire.
    — Mary Ellen Klas, Mercury News, 20 Dec. 2025
  • There’s the impetuous studio boss who wants to hand the project over to another director who hacks away pages of dialogue.
    — Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2023
  • Before the jury, Spiro’s core argument was that an impetuous tweet shouldn’t get someone sued.
    — Sheelah Kolhatkar, The New Yorker, 24 July 2023
  • By moving the count out of public view, Leahy had made an impetuous but catastrophic mistake.
    — Benjamin Wofford, Wired, 10 Mar. 2022
  • On the flip side, there is an impetuous and impulsive nature to the angel number 555.
    — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2023
  • To his critics this was the kind of idea that underlined just how ignorant and impetuous the President was.
    — Peter Bergen, Time, 5 Dec. 2019
  • But Kasian's scalping didn't appear to be incidental or an act of impetuous, post-murder vengeance.
    — Scott Johnson, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Dec. 2017
  • When garnished with the story of an impetuous son who rebelled against a Mughal emperor, that lamb broth does give a different kick.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
  • In an echo of House of Cards, Mara’s Nancy is a femme fatale—impetuous, sexy, haunted.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 18 Mar. 2026
  • And That Trumps impetuous diplomacy and experience of course, are at fault.
    — Fox News, 25 May 2018
  • For the first time ever, my love for and past experiences with travel had led me down the wrong path, one littered with impetuous and expensive missteps.
    — Jess Lander, SFChronicle.com, 16 Apr. 2020
  • The apartment opens with a ridged console and vintage pinup art, a nod to Swinton’s strong-willed (if impetuous) character.
    — Kate McGregor, ELLE Decor, 18 Mar. 2021
  • As a coach Tuberville earned a nickname of his own, the Riverboat Gambler, for his impetuous play-calling.
    — Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2021

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