bad-tempered

Example Sentences

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This back-and-forth, known as parliamentary "ping-pong", ended on Wednesday when, following an occasionally bad-tempered debate, the Lords backed the bill.

From BBC

Liverpool hit the woodwork three times in a bad-tempered game.

From BBC

But in the two losses to Liverpool's Liam Smith, Williams shared some bad-tempered, vicious, nasty rounds.

From BBC

It takes some time to learn the cause of Pumpkin’s painful wrists, but the way she rubs them reveals a good deal about her life with bad-tempered Blue.

From Los Angeles Times

While he courted controversy in his lifetime because of his drug abuse and often moody and bad-tempered behaviour, it is his often abusive and violent treatment of women that threatens to overshadow his legacy.

From Salon