1 It appeared, indeed, from the countenance of this proprietor, that he was of a frank, but hasty and choleric temper.
2 He is an elderly man, red-faced, white-haired, and choleric.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In Chapter 8. First Report of Dr. Watson 3 The commander of the regiment was an elderly, choleric, stout, and thick-set general with grizzled eyebrows and whiskers, and wider from chest to back than across the shoulders.
4 On hearing this the regimental commander hung his head, silently shrugged his shoulders, and spread out his arms with a choleric gesture.
5 Beneath his choleric exterior Gerald O'Hara had the tenderest of hearts.
6 This Issachar was the most choleric Hebrew that had ever been seen in Israel since the Captivity in Babylon.
7 Hold, father," said the Jew, "mitigate and assuage your choler.
8 At this the grief and choler of Alcides blazed forth dark and infuriate.