choleric

Example Sentences

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“Palace Fury at Megflix,” The Daily Mail said, though just how choleric the royal family was is open to debate.

From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2022

Goodell’s imposition of “discipline” — an infantilizing word for adult workplace conduct — has veered between politically calculating and choleric.

From Washington Post • Aug. 2, 2022

Some of the most amusing hate mail I’ve ever gotten was from choleric New Yorkers in 1998.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2021

Her father, Giuseppe, a loud, choleric Triestine, always took a cold shower in the morning:

From The New Yorker • Jul. 22, 2019

The innkeeper, who was a choleric gnome of poor disposition, looked out of the door.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman