be intemperate
Example Sentences
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He can be intemperate and is a fierce protector of allies.
From Washington Post • Mar. 26, 2017
"We are not dissuaded by what may be intemperate rhetoric of litigation," Nye wrote in a letter to the board of directors.
From Reuters • Dec. 17, 2011
It is not fair to assume that all resentment against national Prohibition is due to a desire for unlimited license to be intemperate.
From Time Magazine Archive
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But the Dalai Lama refuses to be intemperate.
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He has not the roving disposition, but is apt to be intemperate and industrially inefficient as compared with the deserter.
From Broken Homes A Study of Family Desertion and its Social Treatment by Colcord, Joanna C.