lose temper
Example Sentences
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“I beg pardon, sir,” said the butler, turning his eyes again on the visitor, who was beginning to lose temper.
From Blind Policy by George Manville Fenn
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
Long they fought equally, until the Miller began to lose temper at finding himself so stoutly opposed, and at hearing the laughter of his companions, who, as usual in such cases, enjoyed his vexation.
From Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott
Of course no lady or gentleman will lose temper under such circumstances.
From Dinners and Luncheons Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions by Paul Pierce
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
