temperateness

Example Sentences

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It is a sow’s ear made from the silk purse of his election, which was the nation’s plea for temperateness.

From Washington Post • Dec. 15, 2021

The smartest strategy, therefore, is to encourage Kavanaugh when he demonstrates temperateness and restraint.

From Washington Post • Sep. 17, 2021

For all his temperateness of tone, and for all the meticulously reasoned arguments that he has shepherded into the pages of National Affairs, Levin justly says his ideas are radical.

From New York Times • Jul. 2, 2014

When it is considered that there is no public-house in all the island and that seven thousand souls dwell therein, some idea may be gained of the temperateness of the community. 

From The Strength of the Strong by London, Jack

Hence, too, man himself is here freer of soul than elsewhere, for this temperateness of the climate prevails in all things....

From The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times by Biese, Alfred