temperance

Example Sentences

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"Edinburgh was more the intellectual city in Scotland and the temperance movement went alongside the more industrial areas."

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2025

Mr. Patten, as implied, is sober to the point of temperance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

Early Free Methodists were active in the temperance and abolitionist movements.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 22, 2024

Whether teetotaling, temperance or virgin, they’re just drinks, after all — though I suppose their intricacy beyond fresh-squeezed juice demands we label them something nobler.

From Salon • Feb. 15, 2024

She enjoyed cultural events and “all sorts and sizes of meetings and lectures” on temperance, abolition, and other social reform movements.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling