"Who knows, with these hot-tempered young fellows?". From Wordnik.com. [The Legend of the Slain Soldiers]
HALL is hot-tempered and once killed one of his crew. From Wordnik.com. [Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 06, May 7, 1870] Reference
“He is somewhat erratic and hot-tempered as well.”. From Wordnik.com. [Press Circus: Schmidt Declares Victory Absolutely, But Democrats Spin Spain] Reference
Spaniards, and as hot-tempered and revengeful as the Moors. From Wordnik.com. [If Not Silver, What?] Reference
"Now it's no use your getting hot-tempered about it," he went on. From Wordnik.com. [Love at Paddington] Reference
He was so easily readable, so petty, and selfish, and hot-tempered. From Wordnik.com. [Tender Rebel]
KERREY: Q: Is John McCain as hot-tempered as the press is telling us?. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Green: 7 Days: Democrats Will Unite, with Kerrey, Huffington, Green and Walsh] Reference
Bravo, keep at it until the hot-tempered Burns flames out. global citizen. From Wordnik.com. [MT-SEN: Tester Keeps Heat On Burns For Rebuke Of Firefighters] Reference
The hot-tempered Mr. Chávez also lacks Mr. Castro's wiles and experience. From Wordnik.com. [Castro's Exit Puts Chávez on Center Stage] Reference
Perhaps I said too much; I'm hot-tempered, I know; never mind my taunt, John. From Wordnik.com. [Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure] Reference
He was a red-headed, hot-tempered Irishman, an 'c'd handle a crew in rare style. From Wordnik.com. [Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers] Reference
Mia was always very hot-tempered and given to rages which terrified all the kids. From Wordnik.com. [Soon-Yi Speaks: 'Let's Not Get Hysterical'] Reference
He doesn't play a nice guy; he's harsh and hostile, self-centered and hot-tempered. From Wordnik.com. [Charlton Heston: Manly, Commanding and Irony-Free] Reference
Maybe if he had been a little more hot-tempered, he would have shown some character. From Wordnik.com. [Jane Smiley: George W. Bush with Brains] Reference
But there, do not let us chafe one another, for you know we are hot-tempered both of us. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 103, May, 1866] Reference
She is so sensitive at heart, for all her silliness, while Hugh is hasty and hot-tempered. From Wordnik.com. [Miss Dexie A Romance of the Provinces] Reference
And the historian said that actually when he was in office he was often hot-tempered and fiery. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 17, 2008] Reference
He is impulsive, ardent, fiery in speech, hot-tempered, and vivacious to an extraordinary degree. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Affinities of History — Complete] Reference
And still to come, how one smart, savvy and hot-tempered editor transformed "The New York Times.". From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 14, 2006] Reference
Well, Fitzgerald was a handsome man and Norton was a shrimp of a man, hot-tempered, southern-based. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Ernest Seeman, February 13, 1976. Interview B-0012. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
Irreverent, uneducated and hot-tempered, she hardly fit in with the polished, Ivy League leadership. From Wordnik.com. [Roe V. Roe] Reference
For his part, independent candidate Chris Daggett has attacked Corzine as aloof and Christie as hot-tempered. From Wordnik.com. [Chris Christie's Weight Becomes Debate Topic In New Jersey Governor Election] Reference
Russia has baited the hot-tempered Georgian leader with trade and travel embargoes as well as saber-rattling. From Wordnik.com. [War in the Caucasus] Reference
He had been a gentleman adventurer aboard a Spanish ship; was hot-tempered and impatient of official control. From Wordnik.com. [Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea] Reference
He was just hot-tempered and didn't like it when they wanted to take him off his job and put him on another job. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Edna Y. Hargett, July 19, 1979. Interview H-0163. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
Modesty was certainly not a mitigating trait in the character of hot-tempered Jonson, whose wrath was easily roused. From Wordnik.com. [Shakspere and Montaigne] Reference
Yes, it was important not to get hot-tempered during the election campaign, to avoid being seen as the Angry Black Man. From Wordnik.com. [Tony Obama] Reference
The window to effectively define a "hot-tempered McCain" as the wrong person with access to the "football" is rapidly closing. From Wordnik.com. [Some Super-Dels Reluctant To Take Sides Because They Don't Want To Alienate Major Donors] Reference
I am devilishly hot-tempered, and morality, or no morality, I like to give full vent to my anger whenever I have a mind to it. From Wordnik.com. [Classic French Course in English] Reference
With the house people her manner had been imperious, wilful, hot-tempered, but they loved her, for there was no meanness in her. From Wordnik.com. ['Lavinia'] Reference
Some of the best public school teachers in the last century were hot-tempered men whose disciplinary performances were ludicrous. From Wordnik.com. [Cambridge Essays on Education] Reference
Now we'll get a lot of emails from people who will point out that historically Sicilians are no more hot-tempered than Norwegians. From Wordnik.com. [A Jazz Pianist, Happy To Work For 'Peanuts'] Reference
Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, 1821-50, a hot-tempered Welshman who had served with distinction in Spain during the Peninsular War. From Wordnik.com. [Souvenir of the George Borrow Celebration Norwich, July 5th, 1913] Reference
Russia has baited the hot-tempered Georgian leader, Mikheil Saakashvili, with trade and travel embargoes as well as saber-rattling. From Wordnik.com. [War in the Caucasus] Reference
The queen was a woman of considerable mental power, and possessed a great influence over her strong-headed and hot-tempered husband. From Wordnik.com. [An Outline of the Relations between England and Scotland (500-1707)] Reference
For it is better for a father to be hot-tempered than sullen, for to continue hostile and irreconcilable looks like hating one's son. From Wordnik.com. [Plutarch's Morals] Reference
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