temperance
Example Sentences
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Beloved in colonial America, hard cider lost favor in the mid-19th century as crisp lagers ascended; the temperance movement and Prohibition felled cider-apple trees.
“Everything is just patience and temperance on our end,” Restrepo said on a conference call with reporters.
From Seattle Times
True, he didn’t show the tenacity and temperance of a great executive when he ran the Lakers.
From Washington Post
But Poe had taken a temperance pledge shortly before he disappeared.
From Washington Post
The temperance movement to limit alcohol consumption led cities to build public restrooms in the late 1800s and early 1900s: The thinking went that men wouldn’t need to enter a bar to use the bathroom.
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
