He snapped, his patience exhausted.

Then, his patience exhausted, he gave up.

Finally, his patience exhausted, he raised his arm with feigned indifference.

One of Sabbath's friends, his patience exhausted by Mickey's abusive behavior, calls it "the discredited male polemic's last gasp."

His colleagues were murmuring, their patience exhausted.

After a decade or so, her patience exhausted, she leaves him for a mere decent chap.

Their own patience exhausted, Mrs. Marcos's other lawyers even prepared a resignation letter for him near the end of the trial.

"Kill the dog, or we drag him back," Bruenor growled, his patience exhausted.

Its patience exhausted, Rwanda sponsored an invasion of Zaire in 1996.

His patience exhausted, he called another agent and booked a dearer ticket.