lose temper
Example Sentences
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I declare, Maitland, I shall lose temper with you.
From Tony Butler by Charles James Lever
"Come, come, Mark, don't lose temper about trifles."
From The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago by Charles James Lever
At first the horses did not heed, but presently one began to lose temper and courage and turned in toward the upward slope.
From Dave Porter in the Far North or, The Pluck of an American Schoolboy by Edward Stratemeyer
Long they fought equally, until the Miller began to lose temper at finding himself so stoutly opposed, and at hearing the laughter of his companions, who, as usual in such cases, enjoyed his vexation.
From Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott
O'Hara looked at him, undecided whether to lose temper or laugh; finally, again turned to the glass and resumed the operation on his beard with a studious show of deliberateness.
From Mated from the Morgue A tale of the Second Empire by John Augustus O'Shea
