The ill-tempered child has no sunshine on his face. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Duty, v. 2 A year's plain sermons on the Gospels or Epistles] Reference
"The anaconda is a little too ill-tempered for me.". From Wordnik.com. [Joe Strong, the Boy Fish or Marvelous Doings in a Big Tank] Reference
Querulous he was and ill-tempered with the scoffers. From Wordnik.com. [The McBrides A Romance of Arran] Reference
I am hasty as an ill-tempered child in my judgments!. From Wordnik.com. [Joyce's Investments A Story for Girls] Reference
The monkey is barbarously ill-tempered again this morning. From Wordnik.com. [The Lost Child 1894] Reference
The man whose losses make him ill-tempered, must not play at all. From Wordnik.com. [Round Games with Cards A Practical Treatise on All the Most Popular Games, with Their Different Variations, and Hints for Their Practice] Reference
Charlie's account Mrs. Wood, the landlady, was often ill-tempered. From Wordnik.com. [Charlie Scott or, There's Time Enough] Reference
She was not avaricious, nor intriguing, nor ill-tempered, nor unjust. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851] Reference
Police say Korkuc told them he did it because the cat was ill-tempered. From Wordnik.com. [Man charged with 'marinating' cat] Reference
Police say Korkuc told them he did it because Navarro was ill-tempered. From Wordnik.com. [Gary Korkuc Found Marinating Live Cat In Oil, Peppers: Cops] Reference
But though the cook was so ill-tempered, the footman was quite different. From Wordnik.com. [Favorite Fairy Tales] Reference
"Please do, Betty," begged Nita, half ashamed already of her ill-tempered outburst. From Wordnik.com. [Betty Wales Senior] Reference
I was irritable, ill-tempered, disposed to cut my own throat, and every body else's. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847] Reference
Women who are good cooks are sometimes ill-tempered and refuse to exercise their art. From Wordnik.com. [Girls and Women] Reference
Its tenants for life are a quarrelsome, ill-tempered, unruly set of creatures altogether. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
But though the cook was so ill-tempered, Mr. Fitzwarren's footman was quite the contrary. From Wordnik.com. [Types of Children's Literature] Reference
This was not the only unpleasant discussion Nancy Nelson had with her ill-tempered roommate. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Miss Nobody Or, With the Girls of Pinewood Hall] Reference
The children are anxious lest the father or perhaps the mother should be ill-tempered to-day. From Wordnik.com. [The After-glow of a Great Reign Four Addresses Delivered in St. Paul's Cathedral] Reference
This Hedinn is ill-tempered and a chatterer -- a fellow who thinks he alone knows everything. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor] Reference
Guinea fowls fretted about, like ill-tempered housewives, with their peevish, discontented cry. From Wordnik.com. [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference
When they first met she was nearly seventy, blind, ill-tempered, bitter, and hopelessly ennuyee. From Wordnik.com. [The Women of the French Salons] Reference
In my experience, late nights generally mean ill-tempered mornings — and not just for the kids. From Wordnik.com. [Lack of sleep in kids linked to ADHD symptoms] Reference
He grows visibly bored and ill-tempered when the subject of his career as a photographer comes up. From Wordnik.com. [The Man Of The Moment] Reference
Besides, I'm sluggish, ill-tempered, and I have a headache everyday (caffeine withdrawal most likely). From Wordnik.com. [Colleen Perry: Renewing Yourself for Spring: A Personal Journey] Reference
Skipper Drummond, a short, stout, ill-tempered fellow, was thoroughly disliked by every one who knew him. From Wordnik.com. [Chatterbox, 1905.] Reference
Again I must apologise, dear Baron, for so unceremonious and ill-tempered an approach to your hospitality. From Wordnik.com. [Doom Castle] Reference
For as in the case of ill-tempered steel the hardness of vice is rotten, and its strength easily shattered. From Wordnik.com. [Plutarch's Morals] Reference
The man was so ill-tempered he had not the sense to try to protect himself by hiding his anger and defiance. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: Land of the Infidel] Reference
Raymond replies, 137; defeated, 141; vetoes civil rights bill, 141; bad traits, 142; ill-tempered speech, 142. From Wordnik.com. [A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3] Reference
"Well," said the lady, "I thought you might have known of some to let, and you need not be so saucy and ill-tempered.". From Wordnik.com. [Recollections of Old Liverpool] Reference
This was the first time that she had perceived how the girl's ill-tempered countenance spoilt her really good features. From Wordnik.com. [Littlebourne Lock] Reference
'It isn't my fault, surely, that Mabel is so ill-tempered and disobedient, and yet you and Arthur just talk to me as if it were.'. From Wordnik.com. [Aunt Mary] Reference
Rogers, a man we formerly knew as an ill-tempered bully, now appears -- at least to many folks -- to be a cheat and a liar, as well. From Wordnik.com. [Meet Me In St. Louis] Reference
And do we not constantly see that most unjust tyranny which the ill-tempered or ill-controlled member of the family has over the rest?. From Wordnik.com. [The After-glow of a Great Reign Four Addresses Delivered in St. Paul's Cathedral] Reference
Simeon was not an ill-tempered man, but he had had an exasperating day, and his wife's conduct had offended his prejudices; he was not in. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905] Reference
He had been, when younger, passionate and a trifle ill-tempered, but he had, while still in his teens, successfully overcome these defects. From Wordnik.com. [The Silver Lining A Guernsey Story] Reference
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