Temper in example sentence

'It seems he has won from Pevtsov all and even more than Pevtsov can pay – about sixty thousand roubles.''But why do you imagine,' said she, irritated at his intimating to her so obviously, by this change of subject, that he saw she was losing her temper, 'that this news interests me so much that it is necessary to conceal it?

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As humans, what's important to remember is that we've developed, we've evolved over time to temper, or tame, these basic animal instincts.

A good reader has an artist's passion, a willingness to get caught up in the story, but just as importantly, the readers also needs the coolness of judgment of a scientist, which acts to temper and complicate the reader's intuitive reactions to the story.

Because it was cheaper, she lived with a boyfriend who displayed his temper more than his ambition.

I was a young drug dealer with a quick temper and a semi-automatic pistol.

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