lose temper

Example Sentences

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No," he said; "it's just playing into your hands to lose temper with you.

From Cashel Byron's Profession by Shaw, Bernard

"Come, come, Mark, don't lose temper about trifles."

From The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago by Lever, Charles James

We do ourselves actual physical harm when we lose temper; the tart speech takes virtue out of us.

From The Secret of a Happy Home (1896) by Harland, Marion

At first the horses did not heed, but presently one began to lose temper and courage and turned in toward the upward slope.

From Dave Porter in the Far North or, The Pluck of an American Schoolboy by Stratemeyer, Edward

I declare, Maitland, I shall lose temper with you.

From Tony Butler by Lever, Charles James