How to use temperament in a sentence

Examples of temperament by meaning

More sentences with temperament

• Being of an uneven temperament, he was free with his disfavours.From the entry disfavours
• You might expect him to balk, according to his temperament.From the entry according to
• C sharp is enharmonic to D flat in twelve-tone equal temperament, but in most other tuning systems they are distinct pitches.From the entry enharmonic
• A man of his temperament does not lightly undertake even a companioned isolation in a winter land.2022, Katharine Newlin Burt, The Branding Iron. From the entry companioned
• 'She has your temperament, my darling,' he smiled lovingly at his wife.2020, Jennifer Bacia, Whisper Her Name, Brio Books Pty Ltd, →ISBN. From the entry unfussable
• This kiddish temperament of unstable mind, if this needs to be controlled, you need yoga.2019 June 21, Ram Madhav, quotee, “'Kiddish Temperament': Ram Madhav's Yoga Day Shot At Rahul Gandhi”, in NDTV. From the entry kiddish
• Let me state right now that I was never Dawkinsian in either temperament or zeal.2012, Keith Allen, The God Conclusion, page 54. From the entry Dawkinsian
• The chapter 'The Wanderer' fully reflects a tragic, manic depressive temperament in bathyorographical imagery.2010, Malcolm Pasley, Nietzsche: Imagery and Thought: A Collection of Essays, Routledge, (unpaginated). From the entry bathyorographical
• By temperament a collaborator, he was also, in his nonentrepreneurial way, a promoter.2007 January 26, Holland Cotter, “A Return Trip to a Faraway Place Called Underground”, in New York Times. From the entry nonentrepreneurial
• The weather was atrocious, with bitterly cold wind and cutting sleet—rather appropriate, considering Aunt Fonteyn's temperament.2004 June, P[atricia] N[ead] Elrod, chapter 12, in Death Masque (Adventures of Jonathan Barrett, Gentleman Vampire; 3), Dallas, Tex.…. From the entry cutting
• Raman, there are three ganas or temperaments of nature: Deva (divine), Manushya (human), and Rakshasa (demon).1999, Dennis M. Harness, David Frawley, The Nakshatras: The Lunar Mansions of Vedic Astrology, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin: Lotus Press, →ISBN…. From the entry manushya
• Vayu was a large, strong, blustery character, full of drive and energy but mercurial in temperament.1989, Shashi Tharoor, chapter 22, in The Great Indian Novel, New York: Arcade, published 2011. From the entry blustery
• We are not surprised to learn that Britain's leading Clementsian was a philosopher by temperament.1981, Ronald C. Tobey, “A. G. Tansley: A British Critic of Clementsian Theory, 1905-1935”, in Saving the Prairies: The Life Cycle of the…. From the entry Clementsian
• Oswald's pacifical temperament, and his diplomatic acumen, by raising again the subject of Canada.1974, Lloyd C. Gardner, William L. O'Neill, Looking backward: a reintroduction to American history. From the entry pacifical
• By temperament, he was what the old characteriology would call a "choleric."1964, The Polish Review - Volume 9, page 72. From the entry characteriology
• Laundry-workers, we read, need different temperaments according to the departments in which they are employed.1927 March 23, Punch, or The London Charivari, volume 172, published June 1927, page 309. From the entry crinkler
• Moonlight Quill, mysterious, exotic, and oriental in temperament was, nevertheless, a man of decision.1922 September, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, “O Russet Witch!”, in Tales of the Jazz Age, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC…. From the entry approach
• “He’s devil-ridden with that temperament of his,” Bricksham said once to his wife.1920, Ruth Holt Boucicault, chapter 17, in The Rose of Jericho, New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, page 258. From the entry devil-ridden
• In temperament he was Dutch to the backbone — at least as we imagine Dutch.1907, Alfred Thayer Mahan, From Sail to Steam: Reflections of Naval Life. From the entry to the backbone
• Apparently an 'anti-hacker' who also plays chess was more of a temptation than someone of Vogle's unique temperament could bear.2016, Travis L. Salisbury, Defender: A Scottish American Fairy Tale. From the entry anti-hacker
• I suppose I haven't the breadth of temperament to appreciate the faults of genius: just a narrow-gutted bourgeois, I suppose.2012, Philip Larkin, Anthony Thwaite, Philip Larkin: Letters to Monica. From the entry narrow-gutted
• That is, certain pitches within the natural harmonic series are out of tune relative to the pitches used in equal temperament.2009, Mark C. Ely, Amy E. Van Deuren, Wind Talk for Brass, →ISBN, page 65. From the entry natural harmonic
• He does not have the temperament for the bench.2007, Congress, editor, Congressional Record, V. 149, Pt. 13, July 8, 2003 to July 16, 2003, Government Printing Office, page 17238. From the entry ideolog
• This solution has been called ‘twelve-tone equal temperament’.2005: Kenley Dove, “Aristotelian vs. Socratic Mimesis in Hegelian Perspective”; Dieter Wandschneider [ed.], Das Geistige und das Sinnliche…. From the entry intra-octaval
• Some of its bass chords that sound good in meantone temperament sound throbby and wrong in equal temperament.2001, Perry R. Cook, Music, cognition, and computerized sound, page 180. From the entry throbby
• They were noticeably more introvert, schizoid and desurgent in temperament.1934 July, British Journal of Psychology, page 26. From the entry introvert
• Val Gwepton, who was not blessed with the most reposeful of temperaments, fairly let herself go, and gave Mrs.1919, Saki (Hector Hugh Munro), ‘Excepting Mrs. Pentherby’, The Toys of Peace. From the entry résumé
• And we do absolutely know that these men's inborn temperaments have remained unchanged through all the vicissitudes of their material affairs.1906, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], “What Is Man? Chapter VI. Instinct and Thought.”, in What Is Man? And Other…. From the entry immaterial
• Strictly, the Southerner had no mind; he had temperament.1905, Henry Adams, chapter IV, in The Education of Henry Adams. From the entry southerner
• That is why those of exceptionally "daemonic temperament", those who cannot early and thoroughly subdue the daemon within them, are racked by disquietude.2012, Stefan Zweig, translated by Eden Paul and Cedar Paul, The Struggle with the Daemon: Hölderlin, Kleist and Nietzsche, Pushkin Press…. From the entry daemon
• McCain is clearly not interested in having her husband take a beating at the expense of his family or enduring accusations about his briery temperament.2007 June 29, Jennifer Steinhauer, “Mrs. McCain, Demure in 2000, Is Speaking Up in a Steely Tone”, in New York Times. From the entry briery
• She was brilliant and gorgeous, apparently happy and fulfilled, a 28-year-old astrophysicist with a body that stopped traffic and a sweet temperament.1998 February 2, Adam Begley, “Amis Talks American, Takes a Metaphysical Meander”, in Observer, archived from the original on 20 Oct 2022. From the entry stop traffic
• It was on account of she had such a happy temperament I persuaded Mr. van der Most to let me call her Merry.1964 Brigid Brophy, The Waste Disposal Unit, Best Short Plays of the World Theatre 1958-1967, page 50. From the entry merry
• By predicating conception on differing humoral temperaments of men and women, medical theorists justified their own subjugation of women by cultivating a distinct female humorality responsible for behavior.2019, Amy Kenny, Humoral Wombs on the Shakespearean Stage, page 4. From the entry humoral
• Even though the woman didn't work closely with Barsade, so palpable was her complaining and snappish temperament that it had infected everyone who worked around her.2011, Lynne McTaggart, The Bond, Simon & Schuster, published 2011, →ISBN, page 91. From the entry snappish
• See if you can analyze the root of my hot-natured temperament or why, to this day, I kick myself for not picking one course in life to follow.2006, Don Cherry, Neil T. Daniels, Cherry's Jubilee: Singin' and Swingin' Through Life with Dino and Frank, Arnie and Jack, →ISBN. From the entry hot-natured
• Playing on his kind, easy going temperament we handed him a copy of Firebird's Don't Buy This and persuaded him that it was a collection of megabrill games.1985, "Don't Buy This" (video game review) in Crash (issue 17, pages 46-47). From the entry extract the Michael
• So Mother Imelda travelled north, carrying with her an autocratic temperament, a habit of making snap decisions and sweeping changes, and an expectation of loyal support.1965, Catholic Record Society, Catholic Record Society Publications: Records Series, volume 78, pages 89, 140. From the entry consultress
• There seemed to be no structure in it. no indication of a skull beneath the skin. ¶ This unpleasant effect might have argued an equally unpleasant temperament.1950, Mervyn Peake, chapter 11, in Gormenghast, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode. From the entry bonelessness

Meaning of temperament

1. noun A person's usual manner of thinking, behaving or reacting.
2. noun A tendency to become irritable or angry.
3. noun The altering of certain intervals from their correct values in order to improve the moving from key to key.

Full definition of temperament

More about temperament

• Meaning of temperament
• Plural of temperament
• Temperament in Hindi
• Temperament in Tamil
• Temperament in Marathi
• Temperament in Urdu

Questions about temperament in a sentence

How do you use temperament in a sentence?

Temperament is used as a noun. For example: “Being of an uneven temperament, he was free with his disfavours.”

What is a short sentence with temperament?

“This solution has been called ‘twelve-tone equal temperament’.”

What does temperament mean?

Temperament means a person's usual manner of thinking, behaving or reacting.