And yet she appears to me a pretty well-tempered girl.    From Wordnik.com.  [She Stoops to Conquer] Reference

Tonight, with well-tempered wine, it all went smoothly.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Persian Boy]

They fixed the Magician with three well-tempered gazes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Harpy Thyme]

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They took to their great, well-tempered lances on that day.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge] Reference

Child prodigy Glenn Gould and his well-tempered tail-wagger.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-04-01] Reference

It would require a sharp well-tempered knife and a lot of time.    From Wordnik.com.  [regarding silver bullets] Reference

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With another broad-headed arrow, well-tempered and sharp, he then felled Kundalin like.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7] Reference

Jayadratha's bow, cut it off with a polished and well-tempered shaft, smiling the while.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7] Reference

Istvan Deak is to be congratulated for his exemplary and well-tempered "What Was Fascism?".    From Wordnik.com.  [What Was Fascism?] Reference

He is designing private houses of stupendous but well-tempered poshness in Kensington and Oxfordshire.    From Wordnik.com.  [David Chipperfield: master of permanence | Interview] Reference

The article gets jiggy with prose and refers to a "well-tempered chocolatier" hey, piano/music entendre!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Well Tempered & Bespoke: Chocolate] Reference

The dataspace of the well-tempered environment will soon be invaded by logos, credits, banners and offers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-11-01] Reference

Then Chitrasena, O monarch, with a broad-headed shaft, well-tempered and sharp, cut off Nakula's bow at the handle.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference

And with another broad-headed shaft, sharp and well-tempered, he cut off Bhimasena's bow, O Bharata, into two parts.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7] Reference

Penetrating walls and convictions, vestments and well-tempered souls, it will install itself in the marrow of everyone.    From Wordnik.com.  [Octavio Paz - Prose] Reference

After this, Vrishasena deeply pierced his antagonist in the centre of his chest with some well-tempered and keen shafts.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference

But in some ways it's a badge of honor to be important enough to cause them to lash out with such well-tempered vitriol.    From Wordnik.com.  [Contempt] Reference

The well-tempered clay, or clay with additives, is shovelled continuously into the opening above the counter-rotating augers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 14] Reference

When this disappears, the form that becomes perceivable is that of Wind as effulgent as a well-tempered weapon of high polish.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference

Drupada, inflamed with wrath, cut off Vrishasena's bow into two fragments, with a broad-headed arrow, sharp and well-tempered.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7] Reference

It also seems to carry the well-tempered glow of late Woody Allen with a well-satisfied view of late life and with few illusions.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Unshine Boys] Reference

He was touching his seventieth year, and though he had a very well-tempered constitution, his hold upon life had lost its firmness.    From Wordnik.com.  [Washington Square] Reference

Phalguni pierced Karna, in the midst of his foes, in one of his cars, with a bright, well-tempered, and bearded arrow of great force.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7] Reference

Whose is this beautiful and long sword, sable in hue as the sky, mounted with gold, well-tempered, and cased in a sheath of goat-skin?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7] Reference

And with another arrow, O king, well-tempered and sharp, and shot from his bow drawn to its fullest stretch, he pierced king Vrihadvala.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7] Reference

Thus the city of the Locrians was ruined from an alliance with Dionysius; which state was neither a democracy nor well-tempered aristocracy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Politics: A Treatise on Government] Reference

Who owneth these large shafts, so thick, furnished with vulturine wings whetted on stone, yellowish in hue, sharp-pointed, well-tempered, and entirely made of iron?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7] Reference

Delighting in battle, those heroes, looking cheerful, have still beside them their keen shafts, well-tempered swords, and bright maces, as if life has not yet departed from them.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference

The Hammond is tuned to an almost exact well-tempered scale.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

This was well-tempered music-making, focused in intent and poised in its realisation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Culture | guardian.co.uk] Reference

(Or each day, if he wants the same quality shave as the well-tempered straight razor.).    From Wordnik.com.  [Gizmodo] Reference

Prelude no. 14 in F sharp minor, from JS Bach "The well-tempered clavier", Angela Hewitt.    From Wordnik.com.  [Word Magazine - Comments] Reference

Actually, they usually are pretty well-tempered, but this will be a whole different ballgame, so we'll see how it goes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Home Theater Forum] Reference