hot-tempered

Example Sentences

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A welter of memoirs and biographies have traced their colorful lives as well as their relationships with one another and with their hot-tempered father, David.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

He has earned a SAG award and Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for his role as Jack McCoy, a brilliant albeit hot-tempered prosecutor who bows to no one but Lady Justice.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2024

Detractors considered him a hot-tempered, arrogant bully and dubbed him "Hurricane Billy."

From Reuters • Aug. 7, 2023

“I’ve been trying to say calm because of Othell,” he said, referring to talented but hot-tempered guard Othell Wilson.

From Washington Post • Feb. 27, 2023

Young, hot-tempered Marq Piper urged a strike west at easterly Rock instead.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin