sharp-tempered
Example Sentences
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For several chapters Greene's sister Alice runs away with the story, fights her way back to respectability, grows heroic without ceasing to be an outraged, sharp-tempered, occasionally foolish female.
From Time Magazine Archive
Minnesota's Commissioner of Education, John Gunderson Rockwell, is a tall, razory man, sharp-nosed, sharp-witted, sharp-tempered.
From Time Magazine Archive
And if the lady be of Royal blood, virtuous, of the right religion, not too sharp-tempered, and pleasant to look at, why—those are the principal things to consider, I should suppose.”
From The Princess Virginia by Guipon, Leon
No, no; 'goodness,' as you call it, don't depend on little Miss Joy, or wickedness on sharp-tempered viragos like you say your aunt is.
From Little Miss Joy by Marshall, Emma
When they gulped their meals, between duels, they were physically ragged and sharp-tempered.
From The Dueling Machine by Bova, Ben
