lose temper

Example Sentences

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“Why don’t you answer whether you do or not?” said Stalker, beginning to lose temper.

From Twice Bought by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

Of course no lady or gentleman will lose temper under such circumstances.

From Dinners and Luncheons Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions by Pierce, Paul

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 Kingston, William Henry Giles

“I beg pardon, sir,” said the butler, turning his eyes again on the visitor, who was beginning to lose temper.

From Blind Policy by Fenn, George Manville

The great lexicographer, spoiled by the homage of society, was still more prone than himself to lose temper when the argument went against him.

From Oliver Goldsmith A Biography by Irving, Washington