266 Verbs to Use for the Word tempers

Here's where the old man loses his temper.

Mercutio being dead, Romeo kept his temper no longer, but returned the scornful appellation of villain which Tybalt had given him; and they fought till Tybalt was slain by Romeo.

W. said both Dufaure and Decazes were quite wonderful, realising the state of affairs exactly, and knowing the temper of the house, which was getting more advanced every day and more difficult to manage.

They had shown an ugly temper toward him in Sicily after the victory, and he feared they might create a disturbance again.

My brother, who left last term, said that 'Thirsty' used to be rather a jolly chap, only he's got a fearful temper when he's crossed.

The prince soon realized he was being badly punished and the knowledge did not serve to improve his temper.

In the mean time I recovered my temper, voluntarily caused myself to be bound by the same men who tried in vain before, and carried before my young master, that he might do what he pleased with me.

He then left Rome to win the favor of the Italian communities and try the temper of the veterans.

Even my love of literary fame, my ruling passion, never soured my temper, notwithstanding my frequent disappointments.

When he could command his temper to write calmly he sent a letter to Mr. Merrick which read: "Taken altogether, John, you're the craziest bunch of irresponsibles outside an asylum.

They do not control their tempers; they can be full,as they say,of love and devotion to God one minute, but why are they the next minute peevish, proud, self-willed, harsh and cruel to those who differ from them?

The cold stare, instead of driving him back into the cabin, only roused his temper.

"It don't stand to reason that any man could hold his temper a great while under such a tongue-lashin' as those curs gave the commander, an' I'm predictin' that every mother's son of 'em will rue this mornin's work.

Those Loyalists who best understood the temper of their late fellow-countrymen left at once.

" "Well, well," I said, "perhaps you havestill I don't see them"; and I handed him the paper without additional remark, not wishing to ruffle his temper; but I was much surprised at the turn affairs had taken; his ill humor puzzled meand as for the drawing of the beetle, there were positively no antennæ, visible, and the whole did bear a very close resemblance to the ordinary cuts of a death's-head.

He wielded a vigorous pen and possessed a very irascible temper.

He knows more than many would give him credit for; whilst naturally reticent and cool he is by no means dull; he is shrewd and far-seeing but calm and unassuming; and though evenly balanced in disposition be would manifest a crushing temper if roughly pulled by the ears.

Even the Claimant himself not only gave me no offence from first to last, but was at times in his manner very amusing, and preserved his natural good temper admirably, considering what he had at stake on the issue of the trial, and remembering also that that issue devolved mainly upon my own personal exertions.

Until that time comes you may break his skull, and do not more than spoil his temper!

What is the best way of testing a horse's temper?

Those who penetrated below the surface found a genial temper, warm affections, and a heart with ample place for his friends, their pursuits, their good name, their welfare.

Lord, humble me, subdue every evil temper in me.

Before Esmo could interpose, these executioners were cut down with the "crimson blade" (cold steel); and we bore off our friend with more of eagerness and triumph than at all befitted our own consciousness of power, or suited the temper of our Chief.

Her faithful attendant, Madame de Campan, has remarked that her troubles had not even affected her temper; that no one ever saw her out of humor.

I saw his temper then.

266 Verbs to Use for the Word  tempers