sweet-tempered
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Tour de France organizers confirmed the death Thursday in a tribute to the sweet-tempered rider known as much for his close finishes as his victories.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 25, 2022
What he has made instead, with a sure sense for composition and color, is a sweet-tempered tone poem for the apocalypse.
From New York Times • Sep. 3, 2021
The first, Feels Good Man, tracks Pepe’s journey to notoriety from the point of view of its creator, Matt Furie, a sweet-tempered, somewhat credulous California-based illustrator.
From The Guardian • Sep. 25, 2020
He’s got a crooner’s baritone and a sweet-tempered falsetto, and some of the same aw-shucks vibe that made Cuco an unlikely pinup across Southland high schools.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2018
Her grandmother had taught Luna, when she was a little girl with scabby knees and matted hair, how a caterpillar lives, growing big and fat and sweet-tempered, until it forms a chrysalis.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
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