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
But I think it's a pity ever to lose one's temper.
From The Bars of Iron by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)
There are things enough in New York to lose one's temper over at the best of times, and on this particular day they seemed to all happen at once, and some fresh ones.
From The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910) by Gilman, Charlotte Perkins
To be high strung and quick to lose one's temper may sound fine in romantic rubbish, but in real life it is folly, for much more can be accomplished by being calm.
From Maintaining Health Formerly Health and Efficiency by Alsaker, R. L.
