TEMPER in a Sentence

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For TEMPER, below is one of 245 sentences:
Only Mammy endured Scarlett's temper with equanimity and Mammy had had many years of training with Gerald O'Hara and his explosions.

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 Meanings and Examples of TEMPER
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
temper
 v.  moderate; tone down or restrain; bring to a desired consistency; adjust finely
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Her heart was too sore to care whether or not she put her father in a temper.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
2  Her temper was beginning to rise again at the thought that this rude and impertinent man had heard everything--heard things she now wished she had died before she ever uttered.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
3  This aroused her temper, for she cared no more about family than her father.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
4  Mist Gerald in a temper was always exciting, providing his temper was not directed at her kinky head.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
5  Frequently she flared into open wrath under his expert baiting, for she had Gerald's Irish temper along with the deceptive sweetness of face she had inherited from Ellen.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
6  Heretofore she had never bothered to control her temper except in Ellen's presence.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
7  If only he would ever lose his temper too, then she would not feel at such a disadvantage.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
8  I don't think it was childish temper and I don't believe you've changed.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
9  He did not speak and Dr. Meade thundered, losing his temper: "Our men have fought without shoes before and without food and won victories."
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
10  And now I've lost my temper and probably ruined everything.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
11  She had the temper of a Tartar and the rages of a wild cat and, at such times, she did not seem to care what she said or how much it hurt.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
12  Only Mammy endured Scarlett's temper with equanimity and Mammy had had many years of training with Gerald O'Hara and his explosions.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
13  And her temper grew shorter and shorter as the weeks went by, for every dollar she saved would be just one more dollar to lose if disaster descended.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
14  She scowled and her temper came back.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
15  She was just so outdone with Hugh and the free niggers she had lost her temper.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
Example Sentence: (35 in 3 pages)
16  He tried in vain to bring his temper under control.
17  His detractors claim that his fierce temper makes him unsuitable for party leadership.
18  You must learn to control your temper.
19  He's been sent on an anger management course to help him control his temper.
20  He loses his temper very easily.
21  You can't lose your temper with everyone like that one minute, and then expect everything to be hunky dory again the next.
22  Father is in a bad temper, but let him sleep it off.
23  Exercise, temperance, fresh air, and needful rest are the best of all physicians.
24  Lost wealth can be replaced by industry, lost knowledge by study, lost health by temperance or medicine, but lost time is gone for ever.
25  The temperance movement attempted to greatly reduce the amount of alcohol consumed or even prohibit its production entirely.
26  The high desert plains are beautiful and have a more temperate climate, but for some people, the altitude is a health problem.
27  Try to be temperate in your eating this holiday season; if you control your appetite, you won't gain too much weight.
28  No man can be brave who considers pain the greatest evil of life; or temperate, who regards pleasure as the highest good.
29  The Nile Valley keeps a temperate climate throughout the year.
30  He grew more and more bad - tempered as the afternoon wore on.