11.   A clamorous kindergarten classroom that would try the patience of any sane adult.

12.   And he was clearly trying the patience of the more politically minded White House staff.

13.   As parents, we all know that our patience will be tried.

14.   As the negotiations this week enter a phase of bilateral discussions between the parties and the British and Irish governments, Mowlam will find her patience tried even further.

15.   But filling a shopping cart comes with hassles that can try the patience of even the most loyal e-customer.

16.   But Roosevelt students tried his patience, too, he said.

17.   But the simple-minded scripts will try the patience even of connoisseurs of cheese-ball culture.

18.   Halfway through the lesson, my clumsy seat and mixed-up signals began to try her patience, and every now and then she protested by stopping or grazing.

19.   Her approach also includes enough rookie mistakes to try the patience of her coach.

20.   He tried our patience as the state tried him.