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
But the Dalai Lama refuses to be intemperate.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is, of course, true that we can be intemperate in eating as well as in drinking, but the results of the intemperance would appear to be different.
From Not that it Matters by A. A. (Alan Alexander) Milne
