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
She considers it bad manners to lose one's temper.
From Out To Win The Story of America in France by Dawson, Coningsby
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
But it is sometimes as difficult to lose one's temper as it is difficult at other times to keep it.
From A Room with a View by Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan)
