intemperate

Example Sentences

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“He apologized for being intemperate. We both smiled, and the matter was resolved.”

From The Wall Street Journal

An apocryphal story has George Washington breakfasting with Thomas Jefferson and referring to the Senate as a saucer intended to cool the passions of the intemperate lower chamber.

From Los Angeles Times

Judge James Boasberg repeatedly clashed with justice department attorney Drew Ensign during a court hearing in Washington DC, saying he was not used to such "intemperate, disrespectful language" in government filings.

From BBC

Following the publication of a report by an independent panel, which found he breached Parliament's bullying and harassment policy, he said he accepted he had used "intemperate and inappropriate language"

From BBC

The statement added that he was a decent man who voiced his “sometimes intemperate” grievances “in what has become the public square of our age - the internet.”

From Washington Times