How To Use Temper In A Sentence

Ask for an aged standing rib roast from the forequarter, trimmed and chined; bring to room temperature before roasting.
It also seems to carry the well-tempered glow of late Woody Allen with a well-satisfied view of late life and with few illusions. The Unshine Boys
Twenty microliters of each antibody was added to 100 L of blood, and the mixture was incubated at room temperature for 15 minutes.
Many archaea thrive at hot temperatures (they are also found in volcanoes). Smithsonian
The dominant ones were tree rings, and ice cores, but others like varves, pollen, lichens, historic soil temperatures, sea level (eustasy), land levels (isostasy) require similar audits. Merry Christmas « Climate Audit

Yet, there are times when I wonder if my love is misplaced, if I should temper my affection.
Although these vegetables adapt well to our temperate climate, they tend to crop poorly.
Acrylamide is produced during cooking, particularly high-temperature processes such as frying and roasting. Times, Sunday Times
All of the simulations were performed at room temperature.
Heat will only leave the container by radiation, convection and conduction if the temperature of the container is higher than the surroundings.
The main component of the Earth's field – which defines the magnetic poles – is a dipole generated by the convection of molten nickel-iron in the outer core the inner core is solid, so its role is secondary; remember that the Earth's core is well above the Curie temperature, so the iron is not ferromagnetic. Does Zonal Swishing Play a Part in Earth's Magnetic Field Reversals? | Universe Today
The temperature is not expected to reach the 20 degree mark in the next few days.
The nerves that carry the pain impulse also transmit touch and temperature sensations. Times, Sunday Times
His impulsive temperament regularly got him into difficulties.
These were monitoring variables like humidity and temperature, information that is invaluable to the horticulturalists attempting to propagate the trees.
In deep cellars stocked with winter ice the temperature was kept below eight degrees. Times, Sunday Times
Beyond affecting the humans and wildlife that call the area home, the Arctic's warmer temperatures and decreases in permafrost, snow cover, glaciers and sea ice also have wide-ranging consequences for the physical and biological systems in other parts of the world. Arctic is warming, NOAA report says
The fish killed included bass, roach, eels and fluke when the temperature soared to twenty six degrees Centigrade.
The temperature was warm enough to be outside, and there was no rain to deal with.
He is liked by every one in the auberge, which is more than can be said of yourself; he is always good tempered, and is quiet and unassuming. A Knight of the White Cross : a tale of the siege of Rhodes
The temperature was -25, but much colder with the wind-chill. Canada.com
In fact, areas where the outdoor temperature routinely falls to about 15 degrees are not good candidates for heat pumps.
The original Ulysses may have been Ithacan, but this one is more of a Spartan in temperament. Big Questions and Little Trinkets
Robert Dossie described three categories of watercolor painting — miniature, the most delicate; distemper, which is coarser, uses less expensive colors in a glue or casein binder, and is appropriate for canvas hangings, ceilings, and other interior decorative painting purposes; and fresco. reference As a technique practiced by the Romans, fresco painting was a subject of particularly interest in the antiquity-obsessed eighteenth-century. The Creation of Color in Eighteenth-Century Europe
To be a champion, skill is not enough you have to have the right temperament.
In all stores adequate ventilation should be provided as an aid to temperature control with mechanical air conditioning if needed.
These calories are used to: replenish your glycogen (the way you store fuel in your muscles and liver) and oxygen stores. resynthesize phosphagen (ATP-PC). remove lactate. repair the wear and tear on your muscles caused by exercise (and these patch kits are made up of protein, which is costly in terms of calories). return your increased ventilation, blood circulation and body temperature to pre-exercise levels. hormones exercise induces (which also require protein). Chicagotribune.com -
With abundant rainfall and a temperate climate, crops were plentiful; citrus and olive groves abounded.
This friend is rather temperamental and I don't know how they'll react.
Temperatures will fall to a minimum of 10 degrees.
In 1881 Tait published an important paper on the topic in which he showed how to correct the temperature readings because of the high pressures on the thermometers.
Her temperature is normal.
These analyses depend on a number of potentially confounding factors such as nonstomatal transpiration and temperature.
Others in his career had already glimpsed his fiery temper. Times, Sunday Times
Extant birds are accomplished endotherms and many maintain the highest body temperatures.
I wonder what Maggie Dixon said that finally pushed even sweet-tempered Eva Lou over the edge? DEVIL'S CLAW
At the beginning of the play, we see Lear as a proud, vain, quick-tempered old king, not necessarily evil, but certainly not good.
At fifty years of age, he began to be grievously afflicted with the stone and nephritic colic; but bore with cheerfulness the most excruciating pains of his distemper. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March
The only relief from this cold is that some of the trees in conifer forests seem to grow so close together that they encourage a microclimate, which usually has less extreme temperatures.
They are wholly unfitted, by temperament and training, for the cut-throat, hard-nosed commercial environment in which they now find themselves.
Upon heating the plastisol coating to a temperature which is sufficient to cause fusion of resins contained therein, a highly permeable polymeric ply having the appearance of a smooth, continuous film is formed.
Weather balloons measure pressure, temperature, humidity and air speed. Times, Sunday Times
Temperatures inside the burning building are estimated to have reached 600 degrees centigrade.
Waxy starch gels form a paste at lower temperatures, swell with more water than regular or partially waxy starches, and don't lose water during freezing and thawing.
Temperature modulating action of choroidal blood flow. Denton vs Squid; the eye as suboptimal design. - The Panda's Thumb
That complete dependence on each other, which insures habits of confidence and forbearance, is more easily acquired while the first dream of love lasts; and tastes and tempers amalgamate better in the end when there are no witnesses to observe that they do not quite fit at first. The Semi-Attached Couple
Never refrigerate tomatoes that are not fully ripe because cold temperatures stop the ripening process.
Chukotka straddles the Arctic Circle and its nine - month winter can witness temperatures as low as - 60 C.
With higher ocean temperature we often find more mackerel, bass and mullet willing to feed.
PROS: Very interesting sci-fi ideas about life at extremely low temperatures, includes facts based on the very latest science available in biology and planetology, characters were very interesting and well managed. REVIEW: The Sunborn by Gregory Benford
They are more forgiving if the temperature's not perfect.
I'm not sure the term insufferable boor is quite adequate here, I'm not saying that he's entirely without humor, but it's the sort of humor that is always tempered by a reminder of how much money he has and how he is holding it over his adult children. Outfoxed Diary Entry
'Panetta is an even-tempered and highly regarded Washington player -- kind of a Mr. Fixit in a nice suit. OpEdNews - Quicklink: David Corn: Obama Picks Anti-Torture Advocate for CIA Chief
untempered steel
Once the tempering is sizzling, add the yogurt mixture and bring to boil. Archive 2005-03-01
But how can they reach the required velocity without the high temperature? Fire and Ice - the Greenhouse Effect, Ozone Depletion, and Nuclear Winter
As for the primates such as monkeys and baboons, the main effect of the high temperatures is that they lose their appetites.
The rapid change in temperature can lead to chilblains and dry skin.
As the others flounced and stamped their way through the jungle, Blackburn's equable temper won through.
During changeable weather, the temperature can veer from sub-Mediterranean to Siberian.
These birds only survive in temperate latitudes.
Previous data support a significant relationship between sea-surface temperature and the breeding success of krill-loving gentoo penguins.
The probe will hit the coldest layer of the atmosphere, the tropopause, at about 28 miles, where expected temperatures hover around minus 390 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 200 degrees Celsius).
We'll still put bits in our horses' mouths, but they'll be made from temperature sensitive materials and will mould to the individual shape of the horse's inner mouth.
Temperature becomes uniform by heat conduction until finally a permanent state is reached.
She stubbed her toe and managed to release the guitar from its holding and it twanged on the ground, waking the two very unstable-temperamental parents below.
His mood/temper is variable.
Throughout the interview she kept her temper perfectly , laughing and jesting.
The laser's optical system would have to overcome the distorting effect of atmospheric turbulence, the variations in pressure and temperature that refract starlight to create the "twinkling" effect in the night sky. Pentagon Loses War to Zap Airborne Laser From Budget
John, mum, I beg of you; for 'is temper's rather short at times, mum, thro' boin 'asmatic and the rheumatiz, though you wouldn't think it to look at' im, that you wouldn't; an 'I'm reely afraid, mum, he might get angry if anybody was to holler' im anythink for Philistia
The curved tail covers the nose while sleeping during extreme temperatures, acting as a filter to warm and humidify the inhaled air.
There at night the temperature can drop to below freezing. Times, Sunday Times
I lose sleep, I have a bad temper and I am tearful, tired and upset.
It was like a particularly manic amusement park ride, with the amusement somewhat tempered by mortal fear.
The air temperature was well below freezing[Sentencedict], and lakes and rivers froze over.
A wooden tank may be rendered capable of withstanding the effects of nitric or sulphuric acids by the following methods: -- Cover the inside with paraffin; go over the inside with a sadiron heated to the temperature used in ironing clothes. Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889
Increasing temperatures will aid the spread of water-borne diseases, and those carried by insects, it predicts.
While the far west may have the more vicious winter temperatures, often subceeding minus 40 degrees C, the northeast is infamous for its radically changeable winter atmospherics.
Unlike other temperature-measuring devices, the radiometer makes its measurements remotely.
Many fishes have trouble surviving as lakes’ temperatures rise and dissolved-oxygen levels fall, but the arapaima thrives because it breathes atmospheric oxygen through its mouth.
This paper will mainly illustrate the advance in pathological mechanism of demyelinating canine distemper encephalitis.
It is generally, in the season of prosperity that men discover their real temper, principles and design. Edmund Burke
It causes the core body temperature to increase to a peak and descend to a trough once every twenty-four hours.
Lord Allen may have been wrong in his head, or ill-advised, or foolishly over-zealous, but his ill-tempered upbraiding of the Dublin Corporation for what he called their treasonable extravagance in thus honouring Swift, whom he deemed an enemy of the King, was the act of a fool. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. - Volume 07 Historical and Political Tracts-Irish
Have a cool shower bath or a sponge bath when the temperature is high.
They whiche unto the warre have given rule, will that the menne be chosen out of temperate countries, to the intente they may have hardines, and prudence, for as muche as the hote countrey, bredes prudente men and not hardy, the colde, hardy, and not prudente. Machiavelli, Volume I
The temperature limiting device is of the manual reset, trip-free type and has been factory installed to interrupt all ungrounded power supply conductors in the event of thermostat failure.
Everyone who is involved in the experiment takes it incredibly seriously; there are numerous setbacks and tempers fray. Times, Sunday Times
Instruments constantly monitor temperature and humidity.
In summer, the temperature sometimes climbs up to forty degrees centigrade.
When I mentioned that I couldn't quite see that it was the lack of thrift, the intemperance, and the depravity of a half-starved child of six that made it work twelve hours every night in a Southern cotton mill, these sisters of Judy O'Grady attacked my private life and called me an "agitator" -- as though that, forsooth, settled the argument. Revolution, and Other Essays
The free energy of any substance decreases with increasing temperature.
They can be melted at a low temperature and shaped into a mold as they cool back into a solid.
Premium cable - that is, unsponsored channels you pay for separately - doesn't have those constraints and is free to show us conflicts untempered by political correctness.
This apparently inefficient system gives us the ability to deal with the natural variability of the diurnal rhythms of light and temperature.
If at all he became angry, he would keep quiet rather than burst out in a fit of temper.
The radar reveals a number of poleward-moving regions in which the electron temperature is elevated by a factor of 1.5.
`Maybe my mother will make me a dress of green velvet," went on the even-tempered Violet. NOBLE BEGINNNINGS
Esophageal probes have been used mainly in the operating room, but esophageal temperature is rarely monitored in critical care areas, and placement of the probe varies.
Different-shaped handles, square for hot and round for cold, would permit the soapy-eyed bather to adjust water temperature without alternately scalding or freezing himself.
A semiempirical downscaling approach for predicting regional temperature impacts associated with climatic change. Statistical downscaling approach and downscaling of AOGCM climate change projections
Warmer temperatures may allow species with a low rate of infection, such as brucellosis in caribou or echinococcus in voles, to survive in larger numbers increasing the number of susceptible hosts and infected animals. Potential impacts of indirect mechanisms of climate change on human health in the Arctic
Large, insoluble intermetallic particles that are present or form in the temperature range between liquidus and solidus reduce feeding.
In summer, the temperature can rise to 120 degrees Fahrenheit.
Then again, it's got nothing to do with the gods when you've got a filthy temper, and that I certainly have.
He was of a mild and cheerful temper, generous to the extent of his means, and of an inventive genius; and his conduct after marriage was irreproachable.
Where the Sumerian tale presents the deluge as the work of an intemperate overlord whose attitude to humanity is far from benevolent, whose might may not be right, and offers an ethical opposition to him in figure of a merciful intercessor, the Biblical tale ultimately sanctions the genocidal destruction of most of humanity by ascribing it to a God whose wisdom, justice and mercy are presented as unquestionable. Creative Control - Part 4
Compared with pure polyolefin , nucleated polyolefin showed a higher crystallization temperature and a faster crystallization rate.
These screwdrivers had a forged one-piece tempered blade including a bolster and special wings on two sides.
No man can be brave who considers pain the greatest evil of life; or temperate, who regards pleasure as the highest good.
Cold-blooded animals depend on the temperature of their immediate environment.
Original walls over 2m thick and deeply recessed small windows moderate internal temperatures.
An increase in average temperature by only a few degrees could cause environmental problems worldwide.
The troops suffered atrocious conditions in bitterly cold winters, with temperatures down to minus 30C. Times, Sunday Times
A rectal probe housing a linear array of five copper-constantan thermocouples was designed to measure colonic temperatures simultaneously at positions anterior to, within, and posterior to the region of the colon flanked by the countercurrent heat exchanger. ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science
The template and primer were annealed by briefly heating at 80°C and cooling to room temperature.
The worm commonly known as dog heart worm, is widely dispersed and found in the tropics, subtropics and temperate zones.
Crumble the goat cheese and let come to room temperature.
A resistance unit has a temperature fuse between a resistance and a terminal for deactivating a resistance circuit when the motor reaches the permissible maximum temperature.
To produce useful amounts of energy from fusion on earth, scientists must produce a plasma with the required temperature, density, and heat retention.
The king of England too had experienced the high spirit and unsubmitting temper of Lewis. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II.
We're friends, so I'm going to keep my temper and ask you what you're suggesting. LEGAL TENDER
However indignant and hotheaded he might appear, his intemperateness could rapidly be defused by humor or kindness. Storyteller
Amphibians are poikilothermic: their body temperatures adapt automatically to changes in their environment, without their noticing. Boiling a Frog
The table on pyrometric cones listed here gives only some of the available cone numbers and corresponding temperatures. Chapter 11
For brines stronger than eutectic, the temperatures shown are the saturation temperatures for sodium chloride dihydrate. Chapter 7
The temperature was very low this early morning.
He is infamous throughout the village for his bitter temperament and quickness to anger.
Temperatures are expected to drop even lower this evening as a north-eastern wind blows over the UK.
Scheduled for completion in early 2001, the room will comprise more than 4,000 square feet and house three high temperature short time pasteurization systems, including standardizers, homogenizers and blending systems.
Since those temperatures generally amount to a few million degrees, fusion reactions are also known as thermonuclear reactions.
Its excellent toughness is due to a fine-grained structure of tough nickel-ferrite devoid of embrittling carbide networks, which are taken into solution during tempering at 570°C to form stable austenite islands.
The cave is not a lifeless place, it is a living thing to which we have to give ourselves; a thing that can be gentle and also be a savage whom changes in temper can render dangerous.
I would like your temperate drinker to pause, and reflect upon the fact, that the quantity of brandy or rum that he took at a drink, when he commenced this downhill course, has been gradually increased; so that in the second year, what had been quite sufficient to please his palate and produce all the desired effects in the first, was then insipidly small; and more so in the third year, if, mayhap, he could with any decency lay claim to the title of _temperate drinker_ so long. Select Temperance Tracts
Since there's little danger of hypothermia when the water temperature is 80 degrees, your chief sartorial concern is not offending other boaters.
Keeping the heat inside Sitting in a draughty room will lower your body temperature and make you feel cold and uncomfortable.
He must save up for his rickshaw , losing his temper would never fill his belly.
Our second piece of equipment was an infrared thermal camera, which shows differences in temperature across the surface of an animal as a false-color image.
The spider manages to make its fiber at body temperature, without high pressures, heat, or corrosive acids.
Pulmonary artery, nasopharyngeal, and esophageal temperatures tracked cerebral temperature better than bladder or rectal temperatures.
Several other reporters and cameramen stood shivering in unseasonably cold temperatures, ready to capture the multi-vehicle arrival Superdelegate deluge
The temperature gradient just above the core would become much steeper, for example, causing a much hotter boundary layer.
No one likes receiving emotional, intemperate outbursts, even from people who think they have been wrongly accused.
I would be curious to know whether composers who work with just intonation came to it through diatonicism and then realized how cool it would be to adapt it to chromaticism, or whether they were chromatic from the start and just continually dissatisfied with the equal-tempered results. Arguments, agreements, advice, answers, articulate announcements
Ramsden is a good-tempered truth-seeker, not a malevolent muckraker.
Of his style and manner, if we think first of the romance-poetry and then of Chaucers divine liquidness of diction, his divine fluidity of movement, it is difficult to speak temperately. The Study of Poetry
She had a fiery temper and was sometimes worse than Elaine.
This environment features an atmosphere that has a stable temperature and chemical composition.
The thermostat will gauge the temperature and control the heat.
By simulating the temperature of the cryopanel and the relation between the pressure and pumping gas speed of the cryopump, it was verified the vacuum system design was rational.
Select foods that can be served cold or at room temperature and that can be served family style on large platters for quick serving.
It is the most degenerous and pusillanimous temper of mind that can be. Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. V.
The third temperament is called choleric; it applies to the hard-driving, “get things done” kind of person. If I Really Believe, Why Do I Have These Doubts?
Greek troops battled snow storms and rescued 108 train passengers stranded in sub-zero temperatures yesterday, authorities said.
The outside air temperature gauge proved very accurate - immediately we entered the red we started to collect ice.
We mutagenized a wild-type strain and sought animals that were defective in cultivation-temperature avoidance.
His fiery temper was liable to overspill. Times, Sunday Times
The term polar, when attached to winter gear, suggests that it will keep people warm in extreme cold, not that it's just adequate when the temperature drops near freezing. Seven Guidelines For Honest Advertisers
Later reactions against the Canon were a recognition of the intemperance of behaviorism.
Water - and temperature-dependence of DNA damage and repair in the fruticose lichen Cladonia arbuscula ssp. mitis exposed to UV-B radiation. General characteristics of arctic species and their adaptations in the context of changes in climate and ultraviolet-B radiation levels
Eight people have died in the past few days after snow, avalanches and freezing temperatures wreaked havoc. Times, Sunday Times
If a pile rises to 160 degrees or more it could spontaneously combust, which is why the zoo is acquiring a thermometer to measure internal temperature of its manure piles. STLtoday.com Top News Headlines
The praise/critique dyad is a building block for personal growth; untempered praise is a poor foundation for life or a love of learning.
Lack of testosterone leaves men bad-tempered, emotional, depressed and suffering from Irritable Male Syndrome, scientist Gerald Lincoln told BBC radio's recently.
Microprocessors control other variables and settings, such as temperature.
He must learn to moderate his temper.
The guitar - at least if the player picks, rather than strums - always struck me as temperamental an instrument as the French horn, even under the hands of a decent executant.
The witch doctor's eyes were well blackened, and his temper none of the best; for he quarrelled with the chief over the possession of Wertz's rifle, and took more than his share of the part-sack of beans. WHERE THE TRAIL FORKS
When my son was younger and had a temper tantrum, I found the simplest methods were best.
The fashion pack has also got the art of layering velvet down pat, which is important when temperatures are plummeting. Times, Sunday Times
Ida Willis is a no-nonsense, interfering housekeeper whose temperament is ill-suited to her clients.
These periods can be determined by using shift experiments, in which cultures are shifted between the permissive and restrictive temperature.
The idea that television can be used as a tool for promoting education and scientific temper among children has been popularised by the SIET, which is under the Union Ministry of Human Resources Development.
Blue sky, light wind, temperature 69 F with dewpoint 61. Jhetley: Pending doom?
I've never seen him get cross or lose his temper.
The temperature difference is so contrastive that I have to dress differently in a day.
Many birds and some antelopes, notably the dik-dik and the saiga, sport noses that give them an exceptional ability to regulate brain temperature and conserve water.
Forecasters predicted another week of cold temperatures and icy, northerly winds. Times, Sunday Times
Filler rods and wire reels, when not in use, must be kept in closed packets and containers and stored in a dry place at a uniform temperature.
His temper tantrums have acquired him the further sobriquet of ‘Kung-fu Kahn’ after he merrily throttled one opponent and bit a chunk out of another.
With temperatures below zero and icy roads many people were unable to get into the village for supplies of candles, batteries for torches etc.
Any of several food and game fishes of the family Carangidae, found in tropical and temperate seas.
Also important was whether the instruments used for temperature measurement were tested for accuracy to validate the data.
The sleeve maintains a consistently low temperature throughout the vertically disposed shelves of the cryobiological materials contained within the inner tank.
A starling is a bird common to temperate climates here and in Asia. WN.com - Articles related to Darwin showed interest in Indian biodiversity: Book
To others this would look icy, but Aradia knew her best friend was barely controlling her temper.
It is fully reversible with the temperature and displays in heating direction as a small endothermic event.
Zegarnald's " tempering " had been a cruel and rocky road for R'shiel and she was a long way from the end. TREASON KEEP
In cold climates the body achieves its constant temperature by a combination of heat production and heat conservation.
Jubilant, most gave up the idea of protesting in the freezing temperatures again, but approximately 1,000 persisted with their plan.
Dashed segments of the line indicate where viable seeds do not germinate at low temperatures.
Like the temperance movement, antiporn activism mistook a symptom of male dominance for the cause.
Mass, electric charge, temperature, have the same symmetry, of a type called scalar, that of the sphere. Pierre Curie
This is probably one of the most archaic sensory receptors, which is present even in invertebrates such as the roundworm, leech or aplysia Time-surface temperature thresholds for thermal injury of Human skin. PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
If biological temperament inclines you to be easily upset, that quite naturally leads to questions about ‘what's wrong with me?’
Rachel Gray might be an outstandingly good actress but many actor-managers preferred to have a lesser actress and less temperament.
For instance, the critical temperature of a high - Tc superconductor is quite sensitive to its oxygen pressure.
I had not changed my intellectual belief as to my correspondent's behavior, but the impropriety of complicating an awkward business by placing myself in the wrong to the extent of losing my temper was so obvious that I blushed in recalling the bombastic periods of the torn composition. The Secret of a Happy Home (1896)
The temperature at which the eggs of ectothermic vertebrates incubate can influence several phenotypic traits of offspring.
The end result of Mike Griffin's temper tantrum is to further deepen the depression and morale problems of those who work there. Vote To Keep Mike - NASA Watch

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