Rhinos are fast, short-tempered, and irrational. From Wordnik.com. [True Love and the Giraffe] Reference
He is very short-tempered too, as is known to thee. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Adi Parva] Reference
The evening was sultry and had made us short-tempered. From Wordnik.com. [See Delphi and Die]
The cadre in Phum Kok Thom was strict and short-tempered. From Wordnik.com. [Cambodia Survivor's Stories: Sophia Srey Sharp: The Reprieve] Reference
Our antidote to traffic snarls and short-tempered shoppers?. From Wordnik.com. [Paula Gordon: Give Enduring Gifts] Reference
The Greeks have written that at this time he grew short-tempered. From Wordnik.com. [The Persian Boy]
When she's short-tempered with her children, I did find that hard. From Wordnik.com. [A ‘Titanic’ Class Reunion] Reference
The alternative is a dangerously a short-tempered, pro-war McCain. From Wordnik.com. [Smoking Guns and the Morality of Parliamentary Privilege] Reference
There are stories that he's very short-tempered, hard to work with. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 5, 2008] Reference
Blackwell is fiercely authoritarian and notoriously short-tempered. From Wordnik.com. [Buckeye media stonewalls Green Party ballot victory] Reference
I have been really stressed and short-tempered for the last two weeks. From Wordnik.com. [qdiosa Diary Entry] Reference
You've lost weight, you're short-tempered, you won't talk to me or Dad. From Wordnik.com. [Sometimes Errands Take Longer Than You Might Think] Reference
Philip found that wine in the daytime made him lazy and short-tempered. From Wordnik.com. [The Pillars of the Earth]
But even before the radio cloaks, he'd been a short-tempered, bossy sort. From Wordnik.com. [A Fire Upon the Deep]
Murray began the season in an angry monotone, his performances short-tempered. From Wordnik.com. [Dennis Perrin: SNL's Golden Age End] Reference
He was a short-tempered man of no great manners, and he only grunted his response. From Wordnik.com. [John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn] Reference
I was told before seeing him that he was hard-minded and sometimes short-tempered. From Wordnik.com. [Ve Haf Vays of Making You Consent] Reference
"My father (was) very short-tempered" -- and that he didn't have all the answers. From Wordnik.com. [Thousands Turn Out; Dalai Lama Avoids Politics] Reference
Snyder is arrogant, short-tempered and prone to knee-jerk, tantrum-fueled decisions. From Wordnik.com. [The Steinbrenner-Snyder comparisons] Reference
And he says "He's no longer" -- but I don't believe him -- he's a short-tempered man. From Wordnik.com. [Out of Thin Air: The Brief Wonderful Life of Network News] Reference
Let's run down the Saul Tigh/John McCain checklist: grizzled, bitter, short-tempered vet?. From Wordnik.com. [Will Menaker: Casting Call: 08' Election, Pt. I] Reference
She is in her 40s and is very short-tempered and disrespectful in her comments toward me. From Wordnik.com. [Ask Amy] Reference
I knew she was in despair over our shortage of food that day, and she was short-tempered. From Wordnik.com. [Mao's last dancer]
Mr. Aguilar has been out of sorts for about a month: extremely nervous and short-tempered. From Wordnik.com. [The Dangerous Hour]
JOSH MACK, MARRIED 7 MONTHS: Definitely short-tempered when it comes to situations like that. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 11, 2005] Reference
We didn't see any looting and, more astonishing, there wasn't even a short-tempered horn honk. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call: Coming Together The Day The Lights Wen] Reference
His neighbors there describe him as a man who was short-tempered, but tended to stay to himself. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 15, 2007] Reference
All over the Empire slaves were rousing themselves, or being roused by short-tempered overseers. From Wordnik.com. [See Delphi and Die]
"Those who knew him well, knew he was short-tempered, but very straightforward," Mr Chabane added. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
The perfect casting continues down the line to the short-tempered hospital "bereavement liaison" memorably played by Paula Newsome. From Wordnik.com. [A Busload Of Losers] Reference
Was he a short-tempered but essentially good-natured buffoon, or was this the man whose childish overreactions would instigate nuclear war?. From Wordnik.com. [Khrushchev in the Land of Lincoln] Reference
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