lose temper
Example Sentences
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"Come, come, Mark, don't lose temper about trifles."
From The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago by Charles James Lever
But if the Borrovian is to lose temper with every one who girds at Borrow he will lead a not very comfortable life.
From Old Familiar Faces by Theodore Watts-Dunton
"Kings are but mortal," he said, "and never to lose temper would be impossible to any man."
From Temporal Power by Marie Corelli
The young Frenchman, who was of an excitable disposition, at last thinking that the English boys were laughing at him, began to lose temper, and so did they, at what they considered his unexampled stupidity.
From Paul Gerrard The Cabin Boy by William Henry Giles Kingston
A good supply of patience and politeness is needed in shopping, and a true lady or gentleman will not lose temper or forget good manners, even if a clerk is impertinent or disobliging.
From Lessons on Manners For School and Home Use by Edith E. Wiggin
