choler
Example Sentences
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Premiering Sunday on PBS, “Trespasses,” a four-part adaptation of Louise Kennedy’s 2022 debut novel, is a story of love in a time of choler.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
There’s Katharine Minola of “The Taming of the Shrew,” a sharp-tongued woman thought to have too much choler, the melancholic Ophelia of “Hamlet,” whose melancholia demonstrated an excess of black bile, and more.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 7, 2022
Throughout Seçkin’s debut, Sibel fixates on the ancient notion of the body’s four humors — blood, phlegm, black bile and choler — as a means of self-diagnosis for a persistent headache.
From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 2022
Rockin’ the Suburbs offered no respite as it detailed the silent, hopeless choler of the human trash heap.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 18, 2015
“He defies me on purpose and drives me to madness,” complained the king, while Gertrude sought to soothe his choler.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
Vocabulary lists containing choler
"The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet," Vocabulary from Act 1
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Excerpts from "The Taming of the Shrew"
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"The Tragedy of Hamlet," Vocabulary from Act 3
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