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I have a fairly phlegmatic temperament, but my Spider-Sense has been tingling ever since Donald Trump declared in December 2015 that he was calling for a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering” America.

From Salon

Under his guidance, the British people came to see themselves as the phlegmatic and resolute defenders of their island home, the latest in a great line of underdog warriors.

Fraser Brown, a phlegmatic operator who would look at the Hanging Gardens of Babylon and say he's seen better, gushes about Darge's professionalism, his breakdown work, his footwork, his carrying power and his essential toughness.

From BBC

Observing the frenzy which greets the onset of cold weather, he is phlegmatic.

From BBC

But, unlike many I spoke to in the north, this phlegmatic and jovial farmer does think a wider war can be averted.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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