lose one's temper
Example Sentences
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It’s easy to lose one’s temper in this situation, so the counsellor has instructed the friends and family members to organize their thoughts on paper.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 12, 2017
A few minutes later, Stafford addressed the court, again thanking Eulian for his apology and saying she knows what it feels like to lose one's temper.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2015
Till then it is idle to wrangle, and to lose one's temper.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 339, January, 1844 by Various
The impudence of you verdammt——No, it’s foolish to lose one’s temper.
From The Day of Wrath A Story of 1914 by Tracy, Louis
One doesn't lose one's temper, one gets annoyed!
From The Red Room by Strindberg, August
