Explore Temper through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like modify or peevishness. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Temper in a sentence
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Temper meaning
- A general tendency or orientation towards a certain type of mood, a volatile state; a habitual way of thinking, behaving or reacting.
- State of mind; mood.
- A tendency to become angry.
Synonyms of Temper
Using Temper
- The main meaning on this page is: A general tendency or orientation towards a certain type of mood, a volatile state; a habitual way of thinking, behaving or reacting. | State of mind; mood. | A tendency to become angry.
- Useful related words include: modify, pettishness, peevishness, irritability.
- In the example corpus, temper often appears in combinations such as: his temper, to temper, temper and.
Context around Temper
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 8 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Temper
- In this selection, "temper" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, affordable, study, chocolate, tantrum, cloud and adapt stand out and add context to how "temper" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a chocolate temper meter to and all temper temper temper. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "temper" sits close to words such as alvarez, chop and coincided, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with temper
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
TEMPER, TEMPER: The Vicar of Haltwhistle, the Rev. Jos. (9 words)
Temper is usually identified by microscopic examination of the temper material. (11 words)
After a couple of minutes, nevertheless, the temper turned extra critical. (11 words)
And at first, she thinks the obstacle's her temper, but then it's revealed that actually the obstacle is, she wants to be a good daughter but she doesn't want to do the thing that she thinks is the only way to be a good daughter. (48 words)
Key criteria are the composition of the clay and the temper used in the manufacture of the article under study: temper is a material added to the clay during the initial production stage, and it is used to aid the subsequent drying process. (43 words)
Enyimba mounted pressure in search of an equaliser for the remainder of the game but it was only temper that rose as chances went begging and the game ended 2-1 in favour of Remo Stars. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
Where's your intelligence and grace gone, Alan: it's all temper, temper, temper.
TEMPER, TEMPER: The Vicar of Haltwhistle, the Rev. Jos.
With Tempur Pedic, there are several different models to choose from and each model will have different firmest options available for something like the affordable temper cloud and the temper adapt.
My 2 favorites are the temper tantrum he threw after breaking his collar bone last year and the temper tantrum he threw when Mike McCathey threw that challenge flag.
Key criteria are the composition of the clay and the temper used in the manufacture of the article under study: temper is a material added to the clay during the initial production stage, and it is used to aid the subsequent drying process.
Temper is usually identified by microscopic examination of the temper material.
The temper of chocolate can be measured with a chocolate temper meter to ensure accuracy and consistency.
After a couple of minutes, nevertheless, the temper turned extra critical.
Although Charles himself has a short fuse, his temper is always short-lived.
And at first, she thinks the obstacle's her temper, but then it's revealed that actually the obstacle is, she wants to be a good daughter but she doesn't want to do the thing that she thinks is the only way to be a good daughter.
Andrei has a very short fuse and hot temper that leads to him having many outbursts.
A sound-deadening curtain has been installed to temper noise from the pickleball courts at Deerpath Park in Vernon Hills.
A woman killed her boyfriend when she “lost her temper” in an argument after a party and ran him over, a court has been told.
During his martial arts training in Japan, Wolverine loses control of his temper.
During the sentencing, Hangalo said he wanted to give an "extemporary judgement", adding that Pietersen was the aggressor who provoked Haoseb - not once but continuously - until Haoseb lost his temper and stabbed him.
Enyimba mounted pressure in search of an equaliser for the remainder of the game but it was only temper that rose as chances went begging and the game ended 2-1 in favour of Remo Stars.
For its part, the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) said higher agricultural productivity, food supply augmentation, and energy security are top priorities of the government to temper upward price pressures.
Here, the same happens when Carmy once more loses his temper and gets locked into the walk-in freezer or when Sugar finds a broken toilet.
His temper had a lot to do with his departure from the Byrds.
However, the management may need to deliver near-perfect execution to temper the macroeconomic headwinds and intensified streaming competition.
Common combinations with temper
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: